Thursday, June 7, 2012
Local cyclists club president says there is more work to do.
Virginia is the 17th-most Bicycle Friendly State in the country according to The League of American Bicyclists recently released list for 2012. Regionally, Virginia ranked as the No. 1 most bicycle-friendly state in the south. The annual rankings are compiled by League staff for an annual assessment that involves working with state officials to identify policies and infrastructure that will improve life for bicyclists. States are ranked based on their scores in five evaluation categories. Category scores are ranked from one to five with one being the lowest and five being the highest. Virginia received a five for “Policies and Programs”, a three in the “Education and Encouragement” and “Evaluation and Planning” categories, and a two in the…
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Can the National Park Service and Virginia Paving get all of the excess gravel off of Lee Drive by June 9? Time will tell. But the chief ranger said speeding has dropped on Lee Drive since the chip-and-seal was added.
The National Park Service has asked Virginia Paving to remove the loose gravel on Lee Drive before the Cabot Cheese Community Tour comes here on June 9. National Park Service supervisors, Virginia Paving, subcontractors, and park staff met Wednesday morning to discuss the paving project on Lee Drive, said Russ Smith, the superintendent of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. None at the meeting expected the project to turn controversial, but it has upset local cyclists, who said the gravel is unsafe and difficult to ride on. This week, the Fredericksburg Cyclists Club created a petition that has more than 300 signatures already. The petition is online based and Olde Towne Bicycles had a paper petition. Smith provided…
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
The gravel on Lee Drive has upset bicyclists and now the Fredericksburg Cyclists Club is trying to get people to sign a petition asking the Park Service to remove it from the popular exercise route.
The Fredericksburg Cyclists Club has created an online petition to try to persuade the National Park Service to remove the gravel it recently dropped on Lee Drive that they believe causes safety and riding problems. The petition reads that Lee Drive in the Fredericksburg Battlefield is a major attraction for tourists and local residents who use it to walk, jog, bicycle, drive or reflect on the Civil War. The group's petition goes on to say that Lee Drive is part of the East Coast Greenway, a federally designated Millennium Trail that is also part of the U.S. Bike Route 1 interstate route. But, "the National Park Service, in violation of its own guiding principles, failed to consult the local community before recently applying asphalt and …
Park wood resident
10:18 pm on Saturday, June 2, 2012
I am always willing to accept change and at first glance it is a nice look, but me and my wife daily walk as we live in Parkwood subdivision. I have been hit with numerous rocks so far from cars, while jogging to shift as two cars pass I have loss my footing in the green mushy moss? Area created on the sides. So why not do the trail on Lee dr, that turned out to be numourous hazards and in … more ›