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Letter: Abutters
not equally represented on board
In a letter to the editor
in the July 21 issue of the Town Crier, the co-chairs for the Rail Trail
(Advisory) Committee, Pat Brown and Richard Williamson, stated that
"three abutters were appointed " to the committee by the Board of Selectman.This information is incorrect.To
my knowledge, there presently is only one abutter on the RTCAC. In fact, only
two abutters were appointed to the committee in the first place. Only one
remains, as one abutter resigned from the committee early in the process.
While all residents of
Sudbury are, indeed, welcome to attend RTCAC meetings and many have done so,
only the appointed members are able to to speak
during meetings, to propose agenda items, and to vote. Given this very
limited representation, it does raise serious doubt that abutter issues will
be given their just weight during the the RTCAC
decision making process. In addition, abutter concerns are only heightened by
the knowledge that four of the RTCAC members are also members of the Friends
of the Bruce Freeman Bike Trail group. In addition, two of those four are
directors of FBFRT regional advocacy group and have been working for years for
a paved bike road from
Margaret Harty
Meadow Drive |