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Resident says 9 Mile water-line work left no safe bike or pedestrian detour; BAB asks staff to follow up
Summary
A public commenter told the Spokane Bicycle Advisory Board that recent water-line work on 9 Mile at Francis and Assembly tore up sidewalks and left bicyclists and pedestrians without clearly planned detours. City staff acknowledged the design standard requires comparable detours and said they will investigate where the breakdown occurred.
A Spokane resident raised safety concerns to the Bicycle Advisory Board on a city water-line project at 9 Mile, Francis and Assembly, saying construction crews left both the roadway and sidewalk torn up without an adequate bicycle or pedestrian detour. The commenter said the work has been in place for about a week and is expected to run at least until Aug. 15.
The issue matters, the commenter said, because the construction removes the normal bicycling route uphill and leaves no safe alternative: “there had been no combination made for cycling and in detours,” the commenter told the board during public comment. He…
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