Here's why the city of Tampa government did not stripe bike lanes on Cass and Tyler streets in downtown Tampa -- even though Cass and Tyler are on the city's master plan for bike lanes -- as part of the recent UCAP utility road project.
Notice how the city of Tampa government believes safety facilities such as bike lanes are "non-essential." (Reason 3 below).
Mr. Snel,
Thank you for your interest in the development of bike lanes along Tyler and Cass streets in downtown Tampa. The City, the Tampa Downtown Partnership (TDP) and the UCAP team met several times to discuss the possibility of creating the bike lanes as desired by the TDP. Unfortunately, the City will not be able to establish the bike lanes as requested. The reasons for this decision are as follows:
1) The pipeline alignment in the roadways moved between the south to the north side of the street, meaning that the restoration would also change lanes. As a result, there would not be an area of consistent restoration to tie in the bike lanes.
2) Timing for the respective projects was not conducive to linking the projects together.
3) Economic conditions make it very challenging for the City to undertake any "non-essential" projects at this time.
The City, the TDP and the UCAP team remain committed to work together on projects such as this and will continue to look for opportunities to do so in the future. Please let me know if you have any additional questions.
Sincerely,
Wendy Nero
Vice President
CH2M HILL
4350 W. Cypress Street
Suite 600
Tampa, FL 33607
2 comments:
The rebel in me is screaming that we should collectively pull a Yehuda Moon... Anyone know exactly how much trouble one could get in by "fixing" the roads?
#2-sounds like a load of BS
#3-just how much $$ would such a "non- essential" project actually cost?
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