curve near long pond dr

this was forcing cyclists into road and oncoming traffic

fresh asphalt debris mixes with sand in many places, and depressions (after paving) collect it

All the public bike paths on this island are in bad shape. Covered in sand and obscured with brush. I hate to keep complaining but very little has been done to maintain the bike paths since they were built.

It has been a difficult season for sand starting with all the sand we used this winter to take care of the roads. We had intended that the repaving of Madaket bike path would reduce the amount of sand accumulating, which it did. However there are still areas at the low spots which will always accumulate sand. Town Meeting approved a bike path sweeper last April. It is being ordered and will go straight into the fray as soon as it arrives here.

yes, plus hurricane arthur wasn't very kind. The madaket resurfacing has helped a lot, so thanks. The most dangerous low spots could probably be leveled more to shunt sand to the sides, IMO, and certain spots where the path crosses driveways could be smoothed at the joins.

Anyway, the point I hoped to make was that a sweeper machine is far beyond what is actually needed... an hour or 90 mins per path by someone with a push-broom weekly would take care of most of the danger spots... I tested this by sweeping it myself before posting the observation. It would cost about $400-600 per path per season, lots less than the price of a sweeper plus labor to drive/haul it...

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