Jones Point

[Dalton, George W.]

I agree with Jim about Lee street, that's what I use if I'm trying to 
get somewhere, if I'm in a big hurry to get from the Bellhaven to DC, I
just stay on Washington Street, but if I'm going to/from Old Town I cut
through
Lee street.  If the path through the woods were an option I'd do that to
avoid the little hill on Lee street. If we just make the connector that runs
past the gardens a little smoother and maybe make a connector down to
where backyard boats was everything would work out.  All of Old Town is a 
bike/ped zone anyway. 
George

-----Original Message-----
From: James Wamsley [mailto:jwams at erols.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 11:58 AM
To: Bruce Dwyer; BSC
Subject: Re: Jones Point


A route connecting to Lee Street can be considered an alternate for the
path through the woods.  Your comments about the design of the river front
path still apply.  

A bigger problem is maintaining AASHTO standards for the path on the urban
deck.

At 10:37 PM 8/9/2000 -0400, Bruce Dwyer wrote:
>A lot of folks have been involved in the Jones Point design.  Ruth has
>replaced Chan (who has moved to the Telegraph Rd. Panel) on the Jones Point
>Panel.  The city staff has been heavily involved in the design, thus Bruce
>has been involved as a Park and Rec. Commissioner.  This Monday, the city
>side of the equation is having a meeting to review the 65% design.  Ruth
and
>I would like to hear from you with respect to the bicycle aspects. Our last
>position was that we favored a major route for the path to go through the
>woods at the end of Union street to connect to a decking that would go over
>the wetlands before skirting Hunting Towers around where South St. is now.
>I  heard in May that the Park Service had changed their position to favor
>the current route for the bike path.  We had said that of most importance
>was that the if the path went along the river that it had to be very wide
or
>that bikes had to be separated from walkers.  This is the reason that we
>favored the path through the woods.  My personal opinion is that the our
>position should be that we believe strongly that bikes and pedestrians need
>to be separated in this area where there will be a lot of conflict if the
>park is heavily used.  This could be on a path through the woods or on by a
>well designed path along the river.  While I do not agree with the local
>residents that the path through the woods would intrude on their privacy, I
>do not think that this is an issue of importance to the bike community. We
>should just be in favor of safety and convenience for bicyclists and
>pedestrians, which could be accommodated be either path.  Please let Ruth
>and I know what you thoughts are on this issue.  Anything you can provide
>prior to Monday evening would be appreciated.
>Thanks
>
>
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Jim Wamsley
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