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Paul notes that there will be difficult areas, such as near Follen Church. Ross Morrow notes that there are really two separate sections of the project – the stretch from Maple to Pleasant, having bumpouts, will not work, but the stretch from Pleasant to Bow has more possibilities. Betty Gau asks about using flaggers in the narrower spots. Mark Sandeen asks for clarification about how flagger would work. Paul Rullo says flaggers would be police details. Mark Sandeen asks about what a biker would experience. Ross Morrow says that police details would be used for the more dangerous street crossings. Tom Shiple asks if we really need to have the whole path closed for that whole time? Peggy Enders says she’s happy to revisit this question. Paul Rullo says they will look at that again. Ross Morrow notes that the project’s equipment is very big and too dangerous to have people passing nearby, and that some of the excavations are also too big, and that any path alongside the construction will not be ADA compliant. Mark Sandeen asks if the work can be divided into sections? Ross Morros says that may be possible, but access to the Bikeway in the middle goes by a pond, and also would not be ADA compliant. Paul Rullo notes that the access near the pond also traverses private land. Paul asked about a local commerce group – Chamber of Commerce and Betty Gau took the action to connect Paul with Sandha Iyer (completed via email that same evening Dec 7th) Betty Gau suggests using the January 11th LBAC meeting to revisit this topic, and Paul Rullo agrees. 3. LHS Student Parking and Worthen Rd Bike Lanes In this committee there has been much discussion about protected bike lanes on Worthen Road. Tom Shiple introduced the idea of moving student parking to the Lincoln Park lot. The big idea is to move parking to Lincoln Park and remove parking on Worthen to create permanent bike lanes Jim noted that in the Bike Ped Plan the Worthen Road is on the top of the list of infrastructure