Decatur, Ala. | Thursday, May 23, 2013
Work on last leg of bike trail starts in 2013
By Tiffeny Owens
The Decatur Daily

The city’s bicycle trail, which winds through Point Mallard Park on the Tennessee River’s backwaters to the riverfront along Rhodes Ferry Park, now ends beside the railroad tracks at Eighth … More »
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Will they remark the sections in N.E. that are hard to follow?

Now all we have to do is get the bikers to use it. More times than not I have to go around a biker who is taking up an entire lane on the road rather than using the bike trail. And before some Intellectual Dynamo starts a rant . . . . yes I am well aware that bikers have a right to the road. But why spend thousands of $$$$ on something the intended audience refuses to use?

The bike trail on Modaus Rd. is always filled with trash or branches waiting to be picked up.

Don't waste money on these bike trails! Bikers are too arrogant to use them. They don't mind taking up a whole lane and risking their lives.

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