One of the reasons that we moved here was because of the charm of the dirt roads. Leave us our charming streets and find another way.
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Katherine Massee
6 years ago
Please promote the beauty of our small town by preserving our dirt roads and tree lined streets. Clearly there are other options that could be considered...
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Anthony Clark
6 years ago
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Widening roads or changing the surface will seriously harm the magic of Windermere Town, increase the speed of traffic and present a greater danger to children and active residents, of which there are many.
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Penny Ford
6 years ago
Why change something that has worked for 95 years? We are here BECAUSE of the nature, lack of paving, trees, etc.!!
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Rainey Carter
6 years ago
Please don’t it’s what makes Windermere known!!
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Theresa Schretzmann-Myers
6 years ago
The permeable sandy streets of Town of Windermere lined with its historic trees canopy are critical to the health of the Butler Chain of Lakes. "One 45 inch Live oak will intercept 39,643 gallons of stormwater runoff this year. (www.treebenefits.com)."
Urban stormwater runoff (or "non-point source pollution") washes chemicals (oil, gasoline, salts, etc.) and litter from surfaces such as roadways and parking lots into streams, lakes, wetlands, rivers and oceans. The more impervious the surface (e.g., concrete, asphalt, rooftops), the more quickly pollutants are washed into our community waterways. Drinking water, aquatic life and the health of our entire ecosystem can be adversely effected by this process.
Trees act as mini-reservoirs, controlling runoff at the source. Trees reduce runoff by:
Intercepting and holding rain on leaves, branches and bark; Increasing infiltration and storage of rainwater through the tree's root system; Reducing soil erosion by slowing rainfall before it strikes the soil. By widening our roads, removing large trees to put in cement pipes, grass berms and swales we destroy this delicate balance of trees and their protective benefits for the Butler Chain of Lakes. and actually doing more damage.
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Susan Carter
6 years ago
With respect, I would like to see other options considered.
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Angela Withers
6 years ago
There are options for some improvements that shouldn’t require drastic grading and widening.
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Michael Guthrie
6 years ago
This plan is useless. We’ve already got ditches in our yards for runoff that have been dry ever since dug out don’t expect anything more based on the other projects at Forest and 2nd. Worthless.
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paul gerding
6 years ago
looks like an assault on our way of enjoying our town....
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Tracy Mitchell
6 years ago
Keep our town unique and beautiful
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Terry Osborne
6 years ago
The engineered plan does not uphold the unique character of our town. The road fix needs to be simplified.
One of the reasons that we moved here was because of the charm of the dirt roads. Leave us our charming streets and find another way.
Please promote the beauty of our small town by preserving our dirt roads and tree lined streets. Clearly there are other options that could be considered...
Widening roads or changing the surface will seriously harm the magic of Windermere Town, increase the speed of traffic and present a greater danger to children and active residents, of which there are many.
Why change something that has worked for 95 years? We are here BECAUSE of the nature, lack of paving, trees, etc.!!
Please don’t it’s what makes Windermere known!!
The permeable sandy streets of Town of Windermere lined with its historic trees canopy are critical to the health of the Butler Chain of Lakes. "One 45 inch Live oak will intercept 39,643 gallons of stormwater runoff this year. (www.treebenefits.com)." Urban stormwater runoff (or "non-point source pollution") washes chemicals (oil, gasoline, salts, etc.) and litter from surfaces such as roadways and parking lots into streams, lakes, wetlands, rivers and oceans. The more impervious the surface (e.g., concrete, asphalt, rooftops), the more quickly pollutants are washed into our community waterways. Drinking water, aquatic life and the health of our entire ecosystem can be adversely effected by this process. Trees act as mini-reservoirs, controlling runoff at the source. Trees reduce runoff by: Intercepting and holding rain on leaves, branches and bark; Increasing infiltration and storage of rainwater through the tree's root system; Reducing soil erosion by slowing rainfall before it strikes the soil. By widening our roads, removing large trees to put in cement pipes, grass berms and swales we destroy this delicate balance of trees and their protective benefits for the Butler Chain of Lakes. and actually doing more damage.
With respect, I would like to see other options considered.
There are options for some improvements that shouldn’t require drastic grading and widening.
This plan is useless. We’ve already got ditches in our yards for runoff that have been dry ever since dug out don’t expect anything more based on the other projects at Forest and 2nd. Worthless.
looks like an assault on our way of enjoying our town....
Keep our town unique and beautiful
The engineered plan does not uphold the unique character of our town. The road fix needs to be simplified.
The current plan is overkill.
With respect.
We love our town