Greetings: Please join BCNM and others in
Galisteo on Wed. night to support the proposed contruction of paved shoulders on
this wonderful state highway, which many of you know as part of the Santa Fe
Century route. NMDOT has committed to building smooth shoulders, wide enough
for bikes, throughout the segment but is still getting local resistance on
including four-foot shoulders through the community of
Galisteo.
The
opposition revolves primarily around aesthetics. With 11 ft. travel lanes and
four-foot shoulders proposed within the village, it would be a 30-foot wide
road, and there is plenty of room for this there. Eliminating the proposed
striped shoulders would eliminate at most six feet of roadway width at a
sacrifice of the facility that is needed for cyclists and pedestrians, and that
also benefits motorists and pavement
preservation.
I will try to be at
this meeting but I know that increased numbers and statements by cyclists
supporting the shoulders will ensure that NMDOT retains the proposed design with
shoulders throughout. I hope you can consider joining in - thanks in advance
for your contribution to building better highways for bikes in New
Mexico.
Tim Rogers, Secretary
Bicycle
Coalition of NM
(505) 629-5647
PS Apologies for double postings, but pls feel free to forward this to others. For more information see the announcement below by NMDOT District 5. The Environmental Assessment that is being reviewed is at http://dot.state.nm.us/ProjectsD5.html -> http://dot.state.nm.us/D5/NM41ClarkHillUS285EA04-12.pdf
If you can't make it to Galisteo, comments
regarding the NM 41 Environmental Assessment can be submitted by July 6 to
TibbettsD@pbworld.com.
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