University - Campus Drive bike path progress blocked at Marshall Court A temporary snow fence has been erected at the west end of the surface parking lot between Sai Bai Thong (Thai) restaurant and the medical professional buildings. Presumably to stop bicyclists and pedestrians from walking or biking on the parking lot connecting the end of the University - Campus Drive bike path and the Shorewood Hills city park (swimming pool, tennis courts, community gardens) and all points east-west. This is on the surface parking lot along the railroad right-of-way on the north side of University Avenue between Highland Avenue and Marshall Court (a.k.a. between Farley and Ridge Streets). This is the same parking lot that hosts the array of rainbow colored lights on the arborvitae "Christmas Trees".
It is not my regular route, so not sure how long this has been the situation, but it is an unfortunate development. Presumably this is private property. While Marshall Court, a half-block to the north may be a reasonable thoroughfare for bicyclists, I know that the parking lot has been routinely used as a "short cut" for many years. I suspect that the opening of the bike path has increased the visibility/desirability of the short cut and more bicyclists are now going this way - apparently to someone's misguided displeasure. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
