At 6:56 AM -0500 5/20/02, Paul Barber wrote: >As far as the Midtown Greenway goes, I was wondering if anyone knew when >the connection to the West was going to be completed. The sign I saw on >Sunday said construction starting in 2001 and completing in Spring of >2002. It looks like its been delayed.
Sorry this reply is a little late--I'm just going through back-messages this morning. At last week's annual meeting of the Midtown Greenway Coalition, the answer given to the above question was "late this year." Hennepin County has already purchased a sliver of the corridor that connects the Greenway to the "East LRT" trail in St. Louis Park. They still need to remove tracks before laying pavement, but that's all expected to happen in 2002. At 12:43 PM -0500 5/20/02, Dave Polaschek wrote: >Westbound works pretty well. Eastbound is a mess, whether you >attempt to take 2nd or Hennepin, since in both cases, the bike lane >abruptly ends well short of the river, leaving you in the middle of >the street, wondering how to proceed. For those with mountain bikes or hybrids, a fairly peaceful Eastbound route is to follow the tracks for a few blocks after the trail ends. Just as the trail makes its arc up towards the exit at Glenwood, turn left onto the dirt and head to the tracks. The right side has a reasonably ridable path to it. After passing under 5th Street, cross the tracks and ride through the Ford Centre parking lot, which drops you off onto 5th Ave. Turn right, and proceed until the road ends at 2nd Ave. Go one block right and take 4th Ave all the way to the river (this may still require cutting across a dirt parking lot--I haven't been there in a while). This route is a little longer than going through the downtown business district, but the streets are all much quieter, and you even pass within a block of a few coffee shops, in case that's a bonus to you. Markus Silpala Lyndale Ward 8 _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
