Sequim: Residents rap planned Discovery Trail route

2006-06-28

by DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ
Peninsula Daily News

SEQUIM -- Fir Street may be a mellow residential address, but its residents were anything but subdued on Monday night.

A roomful of neighbors turned out to the City Council meeting with a unified message: No Olympic Discovery Trail in our front yards.

To them, the trail would be an intruder and a nuisance that would pull down property values.

``We have no objection to people riding bikes down the street,'' said Fir Street resident Forest Faulkner. ``We do not want a designated route on Fir Street.

If the trail is built, ``our property will go down (in value),'' he said. ``It's a fact of life.''