It would be NEGLIGENT of SB County Public Works to not act on and follow their own arguments that they made in the ATP grant application to improve bike and motorist safety along this section of Modoc Road. The main intent of the ATP grant was to REPLACE the westbound Class II bike lane on the north side of Modoc Road and upgrade it with a Class I MUP separated from traffic on the south side of Modoc Road in SB County “Right of Way”…not in the protected Modoc Preserve.
The SB County Public Works application for the $5.35MM ATP grant explicitly states “The project will reduce barriers along the corridor by REPLACING SECTIONS OF CLASS II BIKE LANES WITH A MORE SAFE AND ATTRACTIVE SEPARATED PATH, suitable for people of all ages and abilities.”
Key words: REPLACING THE CLASS II BIKE LANES…
