Bill,
Thank you for forwarding a copy of the
letter to me. I think everyone knows my opinion with respect to the bicycle
lane and parking. I believe there is an inherent safety problem with
respect to parking along Mon Blvd. regardless of the reason. However, if
parking is to happen on select occasions, I would respectfully recommend that
the signs prohibiting parking be covered so that there is no question at the
times when the parking will be allowed. Hopefully, this will help deal
with issues with respect to discrimination of enforcement. If WVU is
willing to place barricades at the beginning/ending points of the bicycle lane,
then it shouldn’t be a lot more work to just bag the signs prohibiting
the parking.
Thanks,
Terry
Terry L. Hough P.E., P.S, CFM
Public Works Director / City Engineer
389
Spruce Street
Morgantown,
WV 26505
304-284-7412
though@cityofmorgantown.org
From: Bill Austin
[mailto:baustin@moncpc.org]
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010
2:10 PM
To: Terry Hough; Damien Davis;
'Frank Gmeindl'
Cc: 'Hugh Kierig'; 'Joe Fisher';
Jeff Mikorski
Subject: FW:
Terry,
Please find attached
correspondence from WVU forwarded to us by DOH. I would appreciate any comment
the City may have on this matter. At this point the MPO has endorsed the
provision of the bicycle climbing lane on Monongalia Boulevard. As you will observe
from the email chain below WVDOH Traffic Operations will be commenting on this
request shortly.
Thank you,
Bill
Austin, AICP
Executive
Director
Morgantown Monongalia MPO
180 Hart Field Road
Morgantown, WVA 26505
304-291-9571
304-692-7225 Mobile
From: Keller, Perry J
[mailto:Perry.J.Keller@wv.gov]
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010
1:43 PM
To: Bill Austin
Subject: FW:
Perry J. Keller
Program Planning & Administration
Statewide and Urban Planning Unit
1900 Kanawha Blvd. E.
Building 5, Room 803
Charleston, WV 25305
304.558.9591 (v)
-----Original Message-----
From: Warner, Richard L
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 11:41 AM
To: Kirk, Timothy S
Cc: Meadows, Donald R; Lewis, Ray C; Shoukry, Fouad N; Robinson, Bill C;
Keller, Perry J
Subject:
Tim,
Please review WVU's response to the
subject proposal and let me
know how DT would recommend that we proceed. We've forwarded a copy to
the MPO and asked for local review as well. I don't know at this time
whether the City of Morgantown
or the local bike advisory committee have
seen WVU's letter.
For our part, assuming that the other
parties would be in favor
and that the details could be worked out, we would support WVDOH
agreeing to the bike lane under WVU's conditions rather than give up on
the idea completely. However, during our meeting in Morgantown earlier
this year, I believe you had voiced strong reservations about the matter
if WVU were to insist on preserving the occasional (event-related)
parking in the bike lane, so we need to hear from you before we draft a
response.
We would be willing to reconvene the
group that met before in
Morgantown if
you think further discussion by the same parties would be
productive.
Thanks,
Richard
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