The roadwork on Commonwealth Avenue between Grant Ave. and the Boston line has finished. In spite of repeated pledges by city officials to paint bike lanes on that length of Comm. Ave., the absence of bike lanes is loud.
-----update 12/21/12------
Apparently, it's the fault of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A recent email from Newton's Commissioner of Public Works to a Bike Newton Steering Committee member said the City of Newton pushed for bike lanes on the project, but the Commonwealth rejected the idea because of their requirements for bicycle and auto lane widths. The Commonwealth did paint the center line in a position such that bike lanes will be possible. The Commissioner intends to paint bike lanes after the Commonwealth cedes control of the project (next year) to Newton.
-----update 12/21/12------
Apparently, it's the fault of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A recent email from Newton's Commissioner of Public Works to a Bike Newton Steering Committee member said the City of Newton pushed for bike lanes on the project, but the Commonwealth rejected the idea because of their requirements for bicycle and auto lane widths. The Commonwealth did paint the center line in a position such that bike lanes will be possible. The Commissioner intends to paint bike lanes after the Commonwealth cedes control of the project (next year) to Newton.
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