Comments:

1. The rumble strips along the highway shoulders need to be the kind that are narrow and their placement needs to be as close to the car lane as possible. This allows for proper drafting for cyclists, when there is a sidewind.

2. When sealing the shoulders please make an attempt seal with ’sealer sand’ and not the course rocky material like we’ve had on 83 North out of Garden City. It’s very irritating to ride the rough shoulders on a bike, with 120 lbs of air pressure in tires the size of your thumb, while the vehilcle lane is smooth, for cars with 35 lbs of air pressure. Those poor sealing materials are like riding on a vibrator. And as one who pays attention to these matters we see no difference in durability or reduction of cracking by the use of the courser materials.

3. Bike lanes may be of benefit in urban cities, but in our rural city they are a waste of taxpayers money. All of us avid bikers wonder as to who made such decision for our community. None of us were ever contacted. I think the money would be better spent on bike/pedestrian paths than on bike lanes.

Thank you for listening.