Environmental issues might block bike path while toll road

[Oyez Oyez]

Environmental issues might block bike path while toll road

par Oyez Oyez » Jeu Août 21, 2008 2:30 pm

[img:300:400]http://www.bikingbis.com/_photos/Yosemite1.sized.jpg[/img]Do you like irony? Then here's one for you:

An 18.8-mile bike path that's proposed to run alongside a toll road in the Washington DC suburbs is in danger of being blocked because it could damage environmentally sensitive parkland.

Never mind that the $2.4 billion, six-lane toll road follows the same route. In fact, the bike trail was originally proposed as an ecological offset for environmental damage caused by the new road between Gaithersburg and Laurel ...

Eric Gilliland, executive director of the Washington Area Bicycle Association, told the Washington Post:

[quote]

"We really don't understand the rationale behind dropping a bike trail for environmental issues when they're already running a big highway through there." ....

Author: Gene Bisbee
Category: Main Page Bike trails Bicycle Advocacy
Publish Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:14:15 -0700



Source:
Description:

[Deyv]

Re: Environmental issues might block bike path while toll ro

par Deyv » Jeu Août 21, 2008 6:35 pm