Safety of Woodlands Park access road questioned

Ed Deters and David Lind say they don't oppose the development of Woodlands Park along Budd Road, but they are concerned with the safety of the proposed road that would escort visitors to the facility. The road is big enough now for emergency vehicles and delivery trucks to use, but paving it, as planned by the parks department, would narrow the route to one lane and make it impassible for fire trucks, Lind and Deter argued during a board meeting. The parks board approved eminent domain for the properties about six months ago, and the defendants have until Nov. 8 to appeal Judge Cody's ruling. Some of the framework for Woodlands has already been funded through a $250,000 Indiana Land and Water Conservation Department grant; the deadline to use the grant money is approaching and one extension has already been approved last year