Cape Charles Mirror Report – by Wayne Creed
During Thursday’s Town Council meeting, it was announced that the Town plans to spend over $1 million in grant and matching funds on the Peach and Washington Street stems of the Cape Charles Community Trail. The high price tag project will connect the short stretch from Central Park to Mason Avenue. The logic behind this endeavor still seems murky, as the much touted ‘(capital) improvement’ to Peach will actually be eliminating much needed and sought after parking on the block the contains Impact Fitness, the Town’s only Laundromat, and the future site for a Brew Pub. In essence, high value real estate that should be leveraged for parking in the commercial district is going to be converted into a grassy knoll that for all intents and purposes, serves no purpose.
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