>>>>I recall that the path was supposed to be on-street from its existing northern terminus on Woodbury, go up East Dr. parallel to Rt. 135 then use the un-used ROW to Convent Lane. NIMBY's squashed that, idiots.<<<

Yes. But with Convent Road being crazy busy once you get to the area around an elementary school, I proposed that they continue it through the old Rt. 135 right-of-way between the Jericho Water District and the Mercy First Home and into my neighborhood, where they would transform a big, overgrown lot full of people's trash into a small park and trail terminus. From there, the ride to the Syosset LIRR would be simple and much safer.

This plan made it to a hardcover proposal that was placed in the library for community input. The "old school" neighbors (two of them, to be exact) fought it, arguing that it would bring too much traffic and too many crazy cyclists to the neighborhood, and then the Jericho Water District (fresh off 9-11-01) argued that it would bring potential terrorists too close to their water tower. That was the end of that.

Today, the new, younger residents of my neighborhood all complain that they have to drive all the way to Woodbury Road to get on the bikeway.