I appreciate the concise and carefully constructed layout of the situation facing Talent and its taxpayers. I am new to Talent, recently moved from Brookings on the coast and worked for Curry County for 5 years. I had to do some deep diving into County records a few times only to find that oops, they disappeared. The stories of corruption are rife. One story of County corruption garnered the local radio station KCIW an Award (2023)from Edward R. Morrow for its excellent reporting. Our best protection is reliable information, being involved and seeking the truth. Thank you for your efforts.
This article does a valuable job of describing the can of worms Talent faces regarding the Belmont railroad crossing and the questionable development of the land behind it. But the article barely mentions what I consider to be a most compelling argument against the development, namely the single ingress-egress point for that prospective residential neighborhood. Even if the crossing were a bridge over the tracks (such that vehicles could pass regardless of the presence of a train), there would still be an intolerable bottleneck of commuter traffic, morning and night, at that intersection. And in the case of a mass emergency, there might be a crush of 49 households trying to escape, blocking access for emergency vehicles trying to get in! The whole idea of a single access to so many homes is unreasonable, and must be taken into account.
I appreciate the concise and carefully constructed layout of the situation facing Talent and its taxpayers. I am new to Talent, recently moved from Brookings on the coast and worked for Curry County for 5 years. I had to do some deep diving into County records a few times only to find that oops, they disappeared. The stories of corruption are rife. One story of County corruption garnered the local radio station KCIW an Award (2023)from Edward R. Morrow for its excellent reporting. Our best protection is reliable information, being involved and seeking the truth. Thank you for your efforts.
This article does a valuable job of describing the can of worms Talent faces regarding the Belmont railroad crossing and the questionable development of the land behind it. But the article barely mentions what I consider to be a most compelling argument against the development, namely the single ingress-egress point for that prospective residential neighborhood. Even if the crossing were a bridge over the tracks (such that vehicles could pass regardless of the presence of a train), there would still be an intolerable bottleneck of commuter traffic, morning and night, at that intersection. And in the case of a mass emergency, there might be a crush of 49 households trying to escape, blocking access for emergency vehicles trying to get in! The whole idea of a single access to so many homes is unreasonable, and must be taken into account.