Hays County Announces Completion Of Shared-Use Sidewalk Project On Sawyer Ranch Road
Hays County Courthouse, San Marcos, TX – In Dripping Springs, D&S Concrete Contractors and Volkert Engineering created a new 1.125-mile shared-use sidewalk on Sawyer Ranch Rd. to provide a safe walking, hiking and bikeway between the High Pointe Community, Sycamore Elementary, and Middle Schools and the Belterra Community.
This is a 10-foot sidewalk that allows room for pedestrians and cyclists. This sidewalk is one way to provide safety for the community since the opening of the Sycamore Springs Elementary School in 2017.
Approved by voters in the 2016 Road Bond, the project has been completed and is now available for use.
Hays County Commissioner Walt Smith, Pct. 4, created a virtual ribbon-cutting video to mark the occasion, which can be seen on the county’s YouTube channel using this link.
Smith said he is pleased about the completion of the shared-use pathway.
“This sidewalk project enhances the access to and connectivity between these communities,” Pct. 4 Commissioner Walt Smith said. “Kids can now more safely bike or walk to school.”
No such thing as a “safe walking, hiking and bikeway” where pedestrians are forced to walk with their backs turned to oncoming bicyclists. MATH FACTS * The kinetic energy of a 160 lb man + 30 lb bicycle at ten mph = 861 pounds force. At 15 mph = 1937 pounds force. At 20 mph = 3444 pounds force.
Cyclists ride on sidewalks, through red lights, on streets and in crosswalks everyday. Not to be outdone, Commissioner Smith in this story brags how you’ll safely shudder as they whiz by from behind on the sidewalk. Step out of line, well, that would be foolish on your part. Foreseeably absent of all reason and mortally dangerous, what could possibly go wrong on behalf of pedestrian safety?
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* Where mass = m and speed v (KE = 1/2 mv2) ……..SMACK !!.
Wassup? Hey you shouldn’t have moved. Get a helmet, fool.