[BikeLongmont] Notes from Bicycle Longmont Meeting, February 11

[Richard Masoner]

Buzz Feldman wrote:

> Things to watch for in the near future:  the bike/pedestrian bridge on 
> Price street that will connect Gay Street, over the St Vrain River to 
> South Longmont;  widening of Airport Road south of Rogers road.  
> Within two years, widening Airport all the way to 17th;  this year - 
> putting safety shoulders on 75th from Niwot to Hwy 66; this year - 
> completion of the new bike path under Main Street by Quail to the new 
> Rec Center and Museum.


Thanks for the report, Buzz!

Regarding the new bridge at Price Road: I saw the crane sitting on the 
St. Vrain Greenway yesterday morning and some workers milling around 
apparently waiting for the bridge to arrive. As of today it's installed, 
but there are barricades blocking access onto the bridge.

Grade seperated crossing under Main St. along the Lefthand Creek: This 
is actually completed, but the last time I was there it was still 
blocked off because of work on the pedestrian bridges overhead on the 
east side of Main/287.  Some pictures of this work are at:

  http://www.masoner.net/bike/lefthand/

There's a caption indicating that the "Path Closed" sign has been 
removed, but I failed to note that the sign had been replaced with a 
more substantial barricade.

Grade-seperated Crossing under Main at St. Vrain River: That's not 
mentioned in Buzz's report, but there's dirt being moved from the 
eastern terminus of the St. Vrain Greenway and under Main Street. I'm 
interested in what kind of time span the city is looking at for this 
underpass. My guess is that the Greenway will be extended only to the 
eastern side of Main Street.  The area between Main and Martin Street 
along the St. Vrain is planned for the Dickens Park whitewater 
recreational area and it would be silly to pour pavement there only to 
rip it out later.

Richard Masoner
http://www.masoner.net/bike/
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