Thank you Bob. I appreciate the response. I hope to make it to the next meeting.
Best regards, Collette On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 3:06 PM Bob Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > Tim, Collette > To clarify and confirm a few points. > > - There have been multiple efforts over the years to extend the > Trapelo roadside path to Old County Road. Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory > Committee recognized the points you have made early, and an extension of > the path was included in its master plan. Any extension, however, would > cross land owned by Cambridge as reservoir buffer and require their > agreement and easement, things they’ve been unwilling to grant. The 5 year > plan is a statement of what the town believes *we are able to address*, > and the roadside path extension is not possible at this time. The plan will > be reviewed and extended annually, however. We can hope circumstances > change and the extension can be added in the future. > - BPAC did not hear from the Old County Road neighborhood during our > work on the master plan, but we intend it to be a “living document” and to > be edited in light of new findings. We would be happy to hear from Old > County Road neighbors during the public comment period at one of our > meetings. Our next one is scheduled for the evening of Thursday 9/26. > Agenda will likely be out Tuesday. Future meetings will be posted in the > town calendar. > > > I wish the news on the Trapelo roadside path extension were better. > > Take care, > > Bob Wolf > BPAC member > > On Sep 17, 2024, at 8:46 AM, Collette Sizer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > A walk on Old County Road is dangerous too. A sidewalk would be a nice > addition. Is the land owned by Cambridge? Is that why we have no sidewalks? > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2024 at 8:12 AM Tim Mangini <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Looking over the 5-year roadway plan I did not see an extension of the >> sidewalk on Trapelo Road down to Old County Road. That’s a pretty dangerous >> road for people to have to walk and bike on, especially in the winter when >> snowbanks prevent walking on the side. I know it is in the Bicycle and >> Pedestrian committee plan. Did I miss something? Or is it not in the 5-yr >> plan? And if it is not in the town plan, is there another idea for making >> it happen? >> >> >> >> tim >> >> ----- >> >> >> >> -- >> The LincolnTalk mailing list. >> To post, send mail to [email protected]. >> Browse the archives at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. >> Change your subscription settings at >> https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >> >> -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > >
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