If you still have the paper from last week you can look at the half page article regarding the bike that seems to be rolling our way ... unfortunately I could only get the abstract from the Newsday archive (it use to be free ;-( ) ... surprisingly the article refers to a "bike path" rather than a multi-use path ... another important part of the article indicated that the task of creating the path might take four year to complete. If you can attend at least one of the meeting cited in the article our voice might be heard. It's not a done deal and the show won't be over until the FAT Bike sings!
Suffolk County bike path plan edges closer to reality
10-mile path would run from Port Jeff Station to Wading River $8.75 million project is 80 percent federally funded
Newsday - Long Island, N.Y.
| Subjects: | Trails; County executives; Public hearings; Roads & highways |
| Author: | Brand, Rick |
| Date: | Feb 26, 2017 |
| Start Page: | n/a |
| Section: | NEWS |
The proposal was unveiled earlier this month at the county's Council on Environmental Quality meeting, and it will be discussed at public hearings at Shoreham-Wading River High School on March 22 and at Miller Place High School on April 5. In 2013, County Executive Steve Bellone backed the idea of a bike path along the LIPA right of way, calling it "vital to our future" -