I agree. I know that the municipality spent a lot of money to
paint the bikes lanes… in November! And now they are mostly worn off. I hope
the contractor that they used will be planning on re-doing the paint job at no
additional expense.
I am also not willing to ride that close to the edge unless
absolutely necessary. I’m not up for wiping out in a pothole and there are
many.
On a positive note, when Jim Waters hit that pothole last
summer, Matt called the city and they did patch it the NEXT day! Kudos to
public works for listening and helping us stay safe.
Jennifer
Laevens
519-436-4600 Ext 2926
From: ckcycle-bounces@lists.ncf.ca
[mailto:ckcycle-bounces@lists.ncf.ca] On Behalf Of Geoff Clement
Sent: March 10, 2010 2:18 PM
To: Chatham-Kent Commmunity Cycling Group
Subject: Re: [CKcycle] CycleCK.ca Meeting this Thursday and need your
input
On this, the main safety item I think city needs to address is bike lanes in
the area. It's all well and good painting pretty lines all over the place, but
personally I won't be riding my
road bike on them as this is where all the crud ends up and besides, the
surface is usually broken up or just too rough. OK for mountain bikes I
guess, but useless for us. OK, we typically ride out of town, but not always. I
think it is good that there is some sort of "barrier" between the
cars and bikes, but I think that this whole issue was contrived by
non-cyclists.
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Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, March 09,
2010 7:33 PM
Subject: [CKcycle] CycleCK.ca
Meeting this Thursday and need your input
hehehe Rach tried to send this out and seems to have failed on
her :-)
Attention Chatham Kent Riders, with the opening season
upon us we are looking for suggestions for the website cycleck.ca which is down
for the time being, creating better the awareness, safety and opening the door
of more of the community to enjoy the sport and participate. The Silent Ride in
May is just one of the suggestions that have been made for this year. As well
the VIA Bike Train program has added Southwest Ontario as a pilot for this
year. Promoting Chatham to be one of there stops show casing historical sites
of the Underground Railroad and local wineries. Possibilities of a
printed map showing routes like what Ottawa has with the National Capital
Commission (I believe Dan has one from Ottawa).
All suggestions welcome.
Rachael
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NOTE Matt and I have been invited to a CycleCK.ca
meeting scheduled for this Thursday evening where some of CK big wigs to be
there. Anything we as a group can come up with I shall be glad to present.
From Safety Concerns on certain roads to Tourism
Lets not forget that we are the one riding in this area
so what can be done to make it better or attack more people, even tourists...
Dan
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