I think Bill Austin already has this stuff in his head, but here&#39;s my two cents.<div><br></div><div>The section from Van Voorhis to Stewartstown can be used in combination of on-street markings and using the floodplain owned by WVU (basically from the dairy farm to Pineview).  Once you get to Stewartstown, Ryan is right.  You&#39;ll need to cut down behind Copper Beech and up between it and the stuff up on the backside of the Mileground.  Follow that route until you get to Easton School, which will be closed soon anyway.  Then tie in to whatever new development is getting ready to go in along 857 out to I-68.  If you haven&#39;t noticed, the DOH has been clearing and widening 857 for about 4 months now and my bet is that there will be a new development with an additional access point by summer.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Another option, but will probably be a more expensive easement, is to create a couple switchbacks up the farm on the opposite side of the hill as West Run Apartments and then run a path through the apartment complex and out to 119/857.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Chet<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Ryan Post <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:rpostwvu@gmail.com">rpostwvu@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">West Run, from Stewartstown to 119 (where all the houses are), is twisty, narrow and hilly.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Given those conditions, it can never be bike friendly.  Road needs widened and/or straightened significantly.  Or create a separate bike/walk path.  I doubt many would walk however, since there’s very little within ½ mile.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">It’s a no-man’s land of bad planning and shouldn’t have been Zoned on w/o correcting the road first, IMO.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> <a href="mailto:bikeboard-bounces@cheat.org" target="_blank">bikeboard-bounces@cheat.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:bikeboard-bounces@cheat.org" target="_blank">bikeboard-bounces@cheat.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Frank Gmeindl<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 12, 2011 7:36 AM<br><b>To:</b> Bicycle Board<br><b>Subject:</b> [Bikeboard] Fwd: Work on West Run</span></p></div></div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">
Bicycle Board Members,</p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Heads up.  What are your ideas for making West Run more bicycle friendly?</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
I don&#39;t know what DOH is planning for West Run yet.  I&#39;ll keep you posted.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Frank</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">
 </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Begin forwarded message:</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">&quot;Bill Austin&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:baustin@moncpc.org" target="_blank">baustin@moncpc.org</a>&gt;</span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Date: </span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">January 11, 2011 4:30:44 PM EST</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">To: </span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">&quot;&#39;Frank Gmeindl&#39;&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:frank.gmeindl@comcast.net" target="_blank">frank.gmeindl@comcast.net</a>&gt;</span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Subject: Work on West Run</span></b></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><span><span style="font-size:13.5pt"></span></span></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Frank,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">DOH has a project to improve West Run. They would like to work with you and the Board on the proper way to accommodate cyclists. I would appreciate discussing the matter with you prior to the CAC Meeting Thursday. Also, they let me know they identified five grates along Mon Boulevard that they will be replacing.</span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks,</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bill Austin, AICP</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Executive Director</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p>
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