[BikeLongmont] LAB Bicycling Friendly Communities

Sun, 7 Dec 2003 20:25:23 -0700

Richard and all.  I believe Nick Wolfrum answered most of your questions
last week about the new road and the upcoming greenway project.  I just
wanted to warn everyone that the City has not yet acquired all of the land
along the Greenway for the immanent or future phases, so riders should be
aware of private property issues.  Also, none of the City land is currently
open to the public.  We'll have it open after we get the trail built in the
spring.  hope that helps clarify some things.

Thanks -
Steve Ransweiler
Parks and Open Space

                      "Richard Masoner"                                                                         
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                      12/03/2003 09:40 AM                                                                       

Nenad wrote:

>Looking from the commuting
>perspective, I think Longmont is better - try riding in rush hour down
>College or Shields and you'll see what I mean.
>

Speaking of commuting, I rode down the newly opened 119 bypass this
morning. $23 million buys a very nice  highway for commuting into town:
wide shoulders, easy access, great view of the Indian Peaks (until the
Big Box stores start going up).  If you're driving a car, don't speed:
there are cops everywhere pulling people over. A complete report with
photos (and maybe a little video) should be available by this weekend.

The Greenway hasn't been started, but it appears some grading for part
of the path has been done. I explored a little bit beneath the St. Vrain
bridge on 119. My skinny 25 mm road slicks aren't compatible with mud so
I didn't go very far, but for the MTB'ers on this list it looks like
there might be some opportunity for exploring the dirt roads paralleling
the St. Vrain. This part of the St. Vrain is much prettier than the
portion near, say, Boston Avenue.

RFM

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