Jack McCombs said that he talked to you yesterday at the NCDOT Bicycle & Pedestrian Safety Summit about our concerns regarding a multi-use path for Colington Road. It is my understanding that over many decades individual citizens and groups have petitioned for something wise to be done about the lack of a travel alternative along the road and unreasonable expense is the standard reply.
I started a Facebook page for folks to dialogue about their concerns a year ago and to date it has 782 members. I also have a blog on the subject for folks who are not Facebook users. This does not generate as much conversation but it is there for a wider audience to read.
I am a little confused as to why concrete plans, such as the improvement to church curve due to have started August 2010, do not have a multi-use path segment included. It seems that something already planned and budgeted for would easily accommodate including a pathway with little overall increase in expenses. Especially versus going back later.
Partial pathways is certainly a consideration. A multi-use path along the entire stretch of road is a big job and breaking it into segments, say from Baum Bay to the first bridge, is much less daunting to consider. The Blue Crab is a hassle there and rather than greatly compromise the business getting permission for an easement through their parking lot could work. Or how about a shared grant to put a pedestrian bridge adjacent to the second bridge. This would connect a few neighborhoods safely that now have no alternative means to get back and forth.
Thank you for helping with this long overdue project.
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