Public Access To Water: Big Problem On Chesapeake

Chesapeake Bay: 11,684 miles of shoreline, equal to the distance of the entire West Coast, from Mexico to Canada. But only 2% of it provides public access to the water.

Good article in yesterday's Washington Post about the problem and efforts to correct it. Some describe the Chesapeake as a large gated community.

It's hard to correct a problem this size. Once public access points are in private hands, the public never gets them back.

That's why Oriental's citizens have fought so hard to keep public access points like South Avenue in public hands.

It's all about the water.