The next two weeks Coconino County is counting bicycle traffic on Lake Mary Road. The data will be used as part of a grant application for funds to resurface and widen sections of Lake Mary Road and Mormon Lake Road so that they are better accommodating for bicycle traffic. You’ll see the strips cast across the bike lane just north of Lower Lake Mary. Make sure you ride over the strip and be counted!
I ran into the county transportation planner, Tim, on my Lake Mary bike ride yesterday while he was placing the counting strips in the bike lane. Tim has had past success receiving grant funds to resurface and widen Lake Mary Road from Stoneman Lake Road to the junction with Hwy 87 at Clints Wells. It is a smooth and safe shoulder out that way if you get a chance to do a longer ride and travel further away from town. With the section from Stoneman Lake north to Lake Mary improved, and the Mormon Lake Road loop improved, the Flagstaff region will be further along the way to providing the facilities deserved by the world class health-minded community that resides here, and will better serve Olympic, professional, and local masters and recreational athletes that currently recognize this as one of the best places to live, train, and vacation to in the nation. Thank you!
Bike Yogi 