Neighbors hope to derail trail

The concerns of a small group of residents rallying against a proposed trail linking a mental hospital, homeless shelter and the city to their backyards are unfounded, trail supporters said.

Catonsville residents like Bettina Tebo are urging the local Rails to Trails chapter ? part of a nationwide organization that constructs recreational paths in unused railway corridors ? to halt plans for a path between the state?s Spring Grove Hospital Center, over the Beltway and into Baltimore. They said the proposed trail is dangerously secluded in some parts and perilously close to busy roads in others.