A rocky road experience
Dog walkers, power walkers and cyclists began using the Hwy. 25
bypass through Hollister long before it officially opened Feb.
5.
A rocky road experience
Dog walkers, power walkers and cyclists began using the Hwy. 25 bypass through Hollister long before it officially opened Feb. 5.
But in less than a month, aggregate left behind as construction was completed, combined with everyday debris swept to the margins of the road by the flow of traffic, has rendered trips along designated bicycle lanes a bumpy experience.
Since many bicycles are shod with tires that carry more than 100 pounds per square inch pressure, tires that are not much thicker than the fabric in a new pair of jeans, the bicycle lanes are prime spots to practice changing flats.
Since the bypass will ultimately become part of the California Department of Transportation’s network, keeping the surface clean and safe would seem to fall to the cash-strapped state.
But Veronica Lezama at the San Benito County Council of Governments said that until the state officially designate the route now signed as “Highway 25” as Highway 25, the city of Hollister public works staff agreed to quietly keep things in order.
When contacted Tuesday, Lezama had just returned from a meeting with the city. She promised to look into the gritty bike lanes and to follow up with an update as soon as possible.
