RYDAL GREEN
Approximately one acre of land at the
corner of Susquehanna and Huntington Pike with the
dilapidated clubhouse from the former Rydal Golf Course &
Country Club - has just changed hands again . Originally
acquired by McKinley Fire Co for a substation - the property has
reverted again ( for the cost of $1 ) to the township. The
township expects that the cost of razing the clubhouse to be
about $30,000 and that once done ( possibly by late summer of
'08 ) the land will be kept as open space ( though a
possibility of it's use for an emergency substation in the
future will be retained.
There is a beautiful gated
Community behind this plot called Rydal Green . It
is a Galman Group endeavor. Is it surprising that the
Township cleared the land, made no accommodations for use
by the public and has trouble even keeping hte sidewalks
cleared . Part of the sidewalk they have said is the
responsibilty of the resiential community . But there has
been little oversight by the Township. The students that
walk from Rydal School could use the construction of a safer
path, away from the cars that whiz along right next to them. And
bicyclists could use hte accommodation of a wider strip so they
could walk their bike beside them at that dangerous spot.
So much for our "walkable communities" - They seem to be only
for 100's of new tenants that we bring in from elsewhere.
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