[MissoulaGov] Bike lanes on Higgins and Orange

[liz dye]

Very exciting news!  Thanks Bob.

*Liz Dye*
Broker/Realtor/e-PRO/ABR
Portico Real Estate
Web: HomeMissoula.com <http://www.homemissoula.com/>
Email: ekd at blackfoot.net <mailto:ekd at blackfoot.net>
Phone: 406/531-4508



Bob Jaffe wrote:

>

> Jim Sayer from Adventure Cycling organized a meeting today between the 

> MDOT folks and a number of the parties interested in bike lanes 

> downtown. Jason and I were there from the council, Steve king from 

> engineering, MRA and MDA and a few other parties were represented.  I 

> thought it was a real positive discussion. This summer they will be 

> repaving the section of Higgins from the bridge to Broadway. There was 

> consensus in the room that there should be bike lanes when it gets 

> striped. The road section is 66 feet across. So they can do two ten 

> foot lanes, a five and half foot bike lane, and a seven and a half 

> foot parking space on each side. The DOT guys said they generally 

> prefer bigger lanes but they are OK with ten feet. The district 

> administrator, Doug Moeller, said that for now on they would always 

> make a point of considering the bike infrastructure up front on every 

> project they do in Missoula. This was great news.

>

> I also learned that they are going to redo the section of Orange from 

> Broadway to the bridge. It may be possible to put in bike lanes on 

> this stretch if we take out the four or five parking spaces. That will 

> need some further consideration. I bike this stretch almost every day 

> and it is pretty narrow.

>

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> Bob Jaffe

>

> Missoula City Council, Ward 3

>

> bjaffe at ci.missoula.mt.us <mailto:bjaffe at ci.missoula.mt.us>

>

> 406-728-1052

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