Race Track Roadblocked for Now

The 31 May 2007 issue of The Morning Call carries Kevin Amerman's article "Berks developer faces new delay for Monroe car resort; State sets back hearing, awaits more facts on water runoff controls." It chronicles the current situation whereby the quiet hiking atmosphere along the Appalachian Trail in Eldred Township is hanging on by a thread in the face of the imminent roar of road construction virtually trailside, followed by racing -- oh, excuse me, make that simply driving

"at high speeds on the track" -- on the "four-mile driving course, which would feature dips and turns on 360 wooded acres off Upper Smith Gap Road near the Appalachian Trail in Eldred Township."

Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection has not re-scheduled the hearing at which they were expected to cough up the final permits. Maybe they're still seeking a way to halt the project.