Bike path deal upsets Army-Navy Country Club members

Published July 16, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.

Opposition to public bicycle paths can come from unusual sources in unexpected places.

For instance, the prospect of a public bike path running alongside a corner of the members-only Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, Virginia, has some of its members up in arms.

Fourteen of the active and retired military commissioned officers at the club are suing the club's board of directors for letting such a proposal go through.

A Navy captain said:

"Once the word gets out to the younger generation there is a secluded place to come and visit and have some fun, you can bet they're going to be there...Gangs. Rivals. Hazards to pedestrians coming in and out...

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