Cyclists Make Suggestions to Bike Master Plan
Residents at Wednesday night's meeting say they want more bike lanes, shoulders and traffic calming.
Residents told planners Wednesday they need more biking structures and bike lanes on service roads that parallel major roads like Route 50 during the last of two countywide public meetings on the Fairfax County's Bicycle Transportation Master Plan. About 40 residents came to Wednesday night's meeting at the George Mason Regional Library, where they viewed a final draft of the plan and offered feedback to representatives from the Toole Design Group, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and more. Fairfax County officials have hosted public meetings throughout the county over the past year to solicit feedback from residents in those areas about their bicycle needs. County officials also hosted a meeting in Reston on Tuesday. Goals…
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Bob T
6:26 pm on Friday, June 8, 2012
Out of a $6.7 billion budget the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors had better find a way to allocated several million dollars to bicycle programs that immediately take cars off the county's overcrowded roads. If they can't figure it out then maybe it is time for a new county board. more ›