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Friday, February 12, 2016

Officials map out future OC bike path, despite troubles

Ocean City’s bicycle path has hit a few bumps in the road – namely in receiving permission from various property owners – but officials are still forging ahead.

Instead of moving forward with a temporary “right of entry agreement,” the City Council’s Transportation Commission instead agreed to draw a map designating where cyclists would be able to travel on private properties on the proposed trail between Convention Center and Route 90.

“In creating a site-specific map, the property owners would see that the right of easements would not apply to the whole property, just a segment where the bike path would be.” said Public Works Director Hal Adkins. “This would give the property owner some ease.”

The bicycle path proposal, pushed by Councilman Tony DeLuca, would keep cyclists off Coastal Highway and the bus lane and on side roads near the ocean. Officials have been eyeing the 20-block stretch between Convention Center Drive and 62nd Street since tourist-favored bars line that segment.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am a SEASONED P/T bus driver in OC. I give EVERYONE the right of way when I am driving one of the OC buses during the tourist season. The recent trend is for them to look for 20 YO drivers. THAT is what they are advertising for (with NO respect towards who have supported them in the past. If you are 20, apply. If you are 21, don't..

May they accept health care in turn......

Anonymous said...

Twenty year old humans don't know squat about living. So why would a city look for someone who is quite uneducated in life to captain a public transportation vehicle where numerous lives are concerned? Sounds like a lawyers payday to me, but then again that [the legal system] is a self perpetuating system.