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Residents, medical center raise safety concerns about electric scooters and e-bikes; assembly to refer issue to advisory board
Summary
A resident and the Petersburg Medical Center CEO told the assembly on Sept. 2 that electric scooters and e-bikes are creating hazardous conditions; the assembly agreed to ask the Public Safety Advisory Board to review possible local regulations modeled on Wrangell’s ordinance.
A Petersburg resident and the CEO of Petersburg Medical Center told the borough assembly on Sept. 2 that the rise in electric scooters and e-bikes has produced safety concerns for pedestrians, cyclists and users of the devices.
"It's really bothering me, and I think it's unsafe," resident John Havrilick said during the public-comment period, describing several encounters he said involved scooters riding on sidewalks and in the middle of…
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