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. , MEMORANDUM J

MAY 17 1982

TO; B. Kirk, , May 13, 1982
City Administrator

FROM: -«F. EW Peters,
City Engineer

SUBJECT: Bicycle Baffle at Lombardy Walkway -
Public Works Committee, May 11, 1982

RECOMMENDATION:

That a bicycle baffle be installed at the north end
of the walkway between Norfolk Street and Lombardy Place and
that the $300.00 be taken from unallocated funds.in the Public

Works Budget.

BACKGROUND AND COMMENTS:

Residents living an Lombardy Place have complained
of the use.of this walkway by motorcycles and bicycles.
Although it is recognized that bicycle baffles will not stop
motorcycles or bicycles from using the walkway, they do have
the effect of slowing down these vehicles so that when thev
emerge from the walkway onto the street they are travelling
slowly. The parents are concerned that children playing
within the cul-de-sac will be endangered by a motorcycle
coming through the walkway too fast.

We usually install bicycle baffles where'a walkway
enters a major street in order to prevent bicycles from riding
out into the street without having to slow down and take a look.
In this case, the request for a baffle is not to protect the
cyclists but to protect children playing in the street. This .
is a somewhat unusual use for the baffle and I have some concern
that we may be getting into another area of expenditures if we
start trying to protect children playing in the street. Never-
theless, the Committee is recommending the use of a baffle in
this case.

F.E. Peters, P.
City Engineer

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