Bike path to open way for safer travel.Byline: Jack Moran Moran equitable councillor to King Feredach. [Irish Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 728] See : Justice The Register-Guard GLENWOOD - Shannon Wilson finally believes that Springfield officials are headed down the right path. The longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective Glenwood resident said he is pleased with a city decision to build a bike path just west of his community's main residential neighborhood. The move represents a victory for Wilson and others who tried for years to convince the city to fund a new route in Glenwood that would allow bicyclists and pedestrians to avoid a particularly treacherous stretch of Franklin Boulevard where bike lanes bike lane n → carril m de bicicleta; carril m bici bike lane bike n → piste f cyclable bike lane and sidewalks are nonexistent non·ex·is·tence n. 1. The condition of not existing. 2. Something that does not exist. non . "We've needed this bike path for a long time," Wilson said. "What's there now is an accident - or (a case of) someone getting killed - just waiting to happen." Last year, Wilson was part of a group that participated in a pair of public demonstrations - including one at Springfield City Hall during a City Council meeting - and demanded that a path be built to connect East 14th Avenue to Glenwood Boulevard. After initially delaying any action on the proposal, Springfield officials ultimately responded to the outcry. They agreed last month to spend about $95,000 to hire Wildish Construction Co. of Eugene to build the new path. Street lights will be installed along the length of the new route. The work could be completed by the end of this year, city Community Development Manager John Tamulonis said. The project is the first capital improvement project funded in Glenwood with urban renewal tax revenue. Springfield voters in 2004 approved designating Glenwood as an urban renewal district. City officials oversee planning-related activities in the mostly unincorporated Adj. 1. unincorporated - not organized and maintained as a legal corporation unorganised, unorganized - not having or belonging to a structured whole; "unorganized territories lack a formal government" community. Lane Transit District A transit district or transit authority is a special-purpose district organized as either a corporation chartered by statute, or a government agency, created for the purpose of providing public transportation within a specific region. donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. the strip of land on which the 500-foot-long path will be built. "It's nice to see how this has worked out," said Joany Armstead, a Glenwood resident who serves on a committee that advises city officials on urban renewal projects in her community. "We have a lot of bicyclists in the neighborhood, and what they go through now (on Franklin) is not safe," Armstead said. "I think (the new path) will get a lot of use." Armstead said neighborhood residents will put in native plants and flowers along the new path. Wilson, who commutes to work in Eugene by bicycle bicycle, light, two-wheeled vehicle driven by pedals. The name velocipede is often given to early forms of the bicycle and to its predecessor, the dandy horse, a two-wheeled vehicle moved by the thrust of the rider's feet upon the ground. , hopes that bike lanes will ultimately be built along the entire stretch of Franklin Boulevard through Glenwood. Tamulonis said that probably won't happen until the city acquires the state-owned route and redesigns Franklin. Preliminary plans are in the works, although it may be several years before widespread improvements are made. |
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