Thanks to the 125 people that signed the petition. We got our first response and it's somewhat positive: http://bikemorgantown.com/articles.php?str=2011/11/response-to-our-petition-...
Frank
Begin forwarded message:
From: Frank Gmeindl frank.gmeindl@comcast.net Date: October 26, 2011 11:49:05 AM EDT To: Bicycle Board bikeboard@cheat.org Cc: Christiaan Abildso christiaan.abildso@mail.wvu.edu Subject: Petition: Keep Ice's Ferry Bridge Open to Bicyclists
Bicycle Board Members,
Please go to
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/IcesFrry/petition.html
and sign the petition to WVDOT Secretary Paul Mattox. When it gets enough signatures, I'll download, print and send it to him as well as to the cc list.
Here's what the petition says:
Dear Secretary Mattox:
We, the undersigned Morgantown area bicyclists hereby petition the State of West Virginia to provide means for bicyclists to cross Cheat Lake at Ice’s Ferry during the replacement of Ice’s Ferry Bridge.
Ice’s Ferry Bridge provides the only practical means for bicycles to cross Cheat Lake. Many local area cyclists as well as visitors to the Morgantown area frequently used Ice’s Ferry Bridge to travel between the Morgantown area to points east of Cheat Lake. The recent closing of Ice’s Ferry Bridge makes it impossible for us to cross the lake for work and recreation.
cc: Ray LaHood, Secretary, US Department of Transportation Earl Ray Tomblin, Governor of West Virginia Asel Kennedy, President Monongalia County Commission Joe Fisher, Chairman Morgantown Monongalia Metropolitan Planning Organization