Star-News Editorial About Pleasure Island Greenway

The Star-News Editorial column today in the Opinions section discusses the editorial staff's view on the Pleasure Island Greenway Project.

The editors are proponents of creating a bike path that runs the length of Pleasure Island, from Snow's Cut boat ramp to Fort Fisher. The positives outweigh the negatives, in their opinion, and the benefits include:

1. Exercise
2. Neighborliness
3. Bringing people together
4. Positive attraction for visitors
5. Saving money on gas by walking or biking instead of driving

Given these benefits, the editors agree that there needs to be a compromise to make sure resident's concerns are addressed but that the pedestrian and bike path should not be shelved completely because of these objections.

What do you think? Let us know by leaving a comment.

Link to Star-News Editorial