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Subject: FW: Leucadia Coast Highway 101 Streetscape
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:50:50 -0800
From: "John Eldon" <jeldon@pulselink.net>
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Eldon=20
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 6:51 AM
To: 'Kathy Keehan'
Subject: Leucadia Coast Highway 101 Streetscape

Greetings fellow cyclists,

Some of you have asked me how to forward your comments and concerns
regarding the proposed streetscape project through the Leucadia portion
of Coast Highway 101. The lead contractor is M W Peltz, whose website,
http://www.mwpeltz.com/ , is unfortunately still under construction, but
their phone number and mailing address are provided. You may also
forward your concerns to me or to Kathy. I hope to attend the kickoff
workshop Thursday evening (6 to 8 p.m. at Oak Crest Middle School on
Balour Dr.), and I definitely plan to join the project walking tour
workshop Saturday morning (meet at City Hall at 8:30), which
unfortunately means I shall miss the grand opening of the long-awaited
rebuilt and expanded Encinitas library.

The Leucadia Town Council, a longstanding private citizens' activist
group not to be confused with the official Encinitas City Council, has
presented a list of suggestions to M W Peltz, which unfortunately
includes the misguided possibility of a two-way duplex bike lane on the
east side of Highway 101. We have only 100 feet of right-of-way
available, including the sidewalk and the landscaped median, and the
local merchants understandably want to conserve or even to expand their
on-street parking. I am going to suggest something very similar to Coast
Highway 101 through downtown Encinitas, with four travel lanes, no
separate bike lanes, an enforced 25 or 30mph speed limit (down from 40),
and cyclists being encouraged to take the rightmost of the two lanes in
each direction. The alternative, I fear, will be a narrow door zone bike
lane or a segregated two-way facility with extremely awkward or
dangerous connections at Leucadia Bl. and La Costa Av.

All the best,

John E.
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