HomeMy WebLinkAbout9/4/2018 Item 15, Nelson
Purrington, Teresa
From:LINDEN NELSON <linnel@sbcglobal.net>
Sent:Monday, September 3, 2018 10:59 AM
To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Anholm Bikeway Plan
Dear Council Members:
I am concerned about impacts of the Anholm Bikeway Plan. In light of new developments on Foothill (including 22
Chorro and 790 Foothill) that are very likely to affect bike, pedestrian, and auto traffic and parking on Chorro and Broad
Streets as well as Foothill, I suggest that it would be wise to wait and observe those effects before enacting plans for
additional changes to Chorro, Broad, Ramona, and other streets in the neighborhood. Could we SLO down here a bit,
take one thing at a time, and make additional changes as new information can inform decisions. Making premature
decisions would be likely to result in having to tear up the new construction involved in creating the bikeway. That
would be a waste of time and money.
I also want to note how difficult you have made it for citizens to understand the particular plan now being considered.
With all of the various drawings and amendments over recent months, I wonder if even council members can keep track
of what is current on the drawing board. My understanding was that one plan under consideration would block traffic
heading east on Ramona from turning right on Broad in order to head toward the freeway or toward downtown on
Chorro. As I live on Ramona, those are routes that I use frequently, and it would be a significant inconvenience to have
to drive to Foothill in order to get to downtown or to the freeway. I strongly oppose any such plan. Also, for all of us
who live on Ramona and streets south of Ramona, do you really want to divert all that auto traffic on to Foothill at the
same time you are adding traffic congestion from the new and huge student housing developments on Foothill?
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Linden Nelson
290 Ramona Drive
San Luis Obispo, CA 93405
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