Letter: Weighing in on SLT bike trails

To the community,

The South Shore area, including Meyers, has made great progress in developing bicycle access. The Sawmill Pond extensions are great examples.

In my opinion the weakest link is Highway 89, Emerald Bay Road north from the Y to the very nice actual bike paths en route to Camp Rich. This section is a high speed four lane race track for eight-tenths of a mile. The bike lanes are very narrow and non-existent in sections. There are no crosswalks for pedestrians or bikers to cross. A deadly accident waiting to happen.

With two bike shops along this strip, it is clearly a biking favored route. Eloise is the actual designated bike path. Pot holes, large cracks abound. Stop sign favor cars and ignore biking flow. Eloise is the anything but a trash dump for bikers and a disgrace to the city. The solution is very easy for Caltrans to resolve.

Roger Pratt, South Lake Tahoe