tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643059131542878847.post4262535947088779560..comments2023-07-09T04:51:26.464-04:00Comments on Chronicling Elizabethtown: Borough seeks official comments from public about train station overflow parkingJeff McCloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15037934095045982855noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643059131542878847.post-21573590768626899812012-06-08T04:20:30.092-04:002012-06-08T04:20:30.092-04:00Logically this is not good! No matter in what ange...Logically this is not good! No matter in what angel of the story you try to analyze..Freight Agenthttp://www.freightbrokerbootcamp.com/blog1/?page_id=276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643059131542878847.post-17255732951481128612012-06-04T23:36:37.067-04:002012-06-04T23:36:37.067-04:00Thanks for your comments. The borough has been wor...Thanks for your comments. The borough has been working for many years to implement its plan for the downtown, and the train station and the other projects you mention are all key components. If you feel it's important to circulate a petition, by all means please do that. Since we're past the deadline for official comments, it won't be part of the record, but I can't see that it would hurt.Jeff McCloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15037934095045982855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643059131542878847.post-51414053538561974362012-06-04T23:33:31.184-04:002012-06-04T23:33:31.184-04:00Thanks for your comments. Realistically, I don'...Thanks for your comments. Realistically, I don't think leaving the freight station with our parking lot is the best answer. Any use it would have -- from a business to a museum -- would require parking. And the train station parking would interfere with the station.Jeff McCloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15037934095045982855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643059131542878847.post-30719197278550379522012-06-04T22:57:33.594-04:002012-06-04T22:57:33.594-04:00I am sorry that I missed the deadline for comments...I am sorry that I missed the deadline for comments to the FTA. I wish the Advocate had run a story on this. I just want the Borough to know that I am 100% in favor of your proposal to move and sell the freight building to White Oak Mills. I have been commuting to Harrisburg on the train for 15 years now. I ride my bike to the train station most days from home as part of my commute to Harrisburg. The new station is fantastic. The parking lot, train station building, and landscaping were done very well and are all appreciated. Your future plans for extra parking and a pedestrian walkway are very much desired by myself and others that I talk to. Not having pedestrians or bikers using High Street would be a brilliant safety improvement. If the Borough needs, I could have over 50 commuters sign a petition supporting the Borough's position. There are over 60 commuters to Harrisburg on the 6:52 am train, another 20 on the 7:50 and around 8 on the 8:40 am trains each day, and those are just the trains going to Harrisburg. Thank you very much for persevering on this project. I love that the former freight station can be used and preserved as a storage facility, its original intent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643059131542878847.post-24679069774115589972012-06-04T07:54:43.883-04:002012-06-04T07:54:43.883-04:00Hello- I wonder if you could leave the building wh...Hello- I wonder if you could leave the building where it is and still have parking all around it? True, you would not get 85 spaces, but perhaps you could build another parking lot on the east side of High at the rail spur into White Oak. This way, you'd save the expense of moving the building, get more parking, and preserve the building in its place. (I'm from Lebanon, and my family uses the station several times a year, and we recognize that parking for commuters is a problem, so we hope you can find a compromise solution.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com