Leave High Drive as is

I was riding my bicycle along High Drive and it occurred to me this might be the last time I see it in its present state. I was able veer easily back and forth from roadway to pathway as I traveled along. If a curb were placed here, that would not be possible.

Construction (destruction) is due to start soon. The city plans on adding curbs and sidewalks where none are needed and where they will diminish the functionality of the street. On the bluff side it’s virtually the perfect parkway with its shoulders and pathways and places to pull off the road.

On the interior side, the curbs need to be removed or ground flat to ease runoff per U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations. What needs to be done is to refresh the pavement with room for bike lanes and shoulders on both sides without hazardous curbs and sidewalks. That way everyone can share the road and maintenance is simplified.

I thought about using the frontage road as a bike route but it swerves out to the main road at every intersection, making that impractical. And the surface is in such poor condition a mountain bike is needed.

Charlie Greenwood

Spokane