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LaSalle County property committee votes to recommend ban on bicycles and e-bikes from park trails
Summary
After a public comment from the Horseman's Council of Illinois warning that e-bikes increase risks to riders and horses, the LaSalle County Property Committee voted by voice to direct staff to draft rules banning bicycles and e-bikes from park trails and send the draft to the full county board for final action.
The LaSalle County Property Committee voted March 27 to direct staff to draft rules banning bicycles and e-bikes from county park trails and return the language to the committee and then to the full county board for final approval.
The committee took public comment before deliberations. Tony Troyer, identifying himself as a representative of the Horseman's Council of Illinois, told the committee that allowing e-bikes on shared trails “raises the level of risk” for equestrians because motor-assist bikes can travel places pedal-only bicycles could not and can surprise horses. “This activity, if it goes forward, makes it easier for an e bike…to go on these…
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