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Articles About the Request for Pinnacle to Build a Levee Top Trail

Thanks for participating in the August 16th discussion

Thanks to each and every one of you for showing interest in the Pinnacle venture and its certain affect on River Road including cycling. The meeting led by Dr. Culbertson had a turnout of around 100, and thanks to each of the approximately 45 cyclists who took time to come to the meeting.

The over 100 who took the time to send me a letter of support indicates to me that the cycling community is a force to be heard on community matters. If we want to be included in the plans and facilities in Baton Rouge, and be respected as a force, this show of support cannot be the last. I hope to be able to count on your support again soon.

There was no representative from Pinnacle at the meeting (at least on one would speak), but those interested community members were in attendance. As I said in my speech at the meeting, the request from the letter does not indicate my nor anyone else's support for the project, but only a request for accommodation, should the project be approved by a majority of EBR voters. If Pinnacle does not build near River Road and Gardere, the levee top trail is still a worthy addition for the Baton Rouge community.

Thanks to Jessica Diez for taking notes (attached below).

Also attached is a list of the letter writers, and below a link to the full set of letters. Many are form letters, but more than a few had personal points to make.

Thanks again,
Bruce Wickert
 

Attachments:

Pinnacle August 16, 2007 Meeting Notes

Authors in signed letters

Signed letters

Letter to Support Pinnacle Building a Levee Top Trail

I need your help, and time is short. Attached, below, or on the BRBC yahoo group is the text of a letter to demand that Pinnacle to build a levee top trail along River Road. If Pinnacle completes their project, rural River Road cycling will be a memory, except south of Gardere Lane.

If we want accommodation for the disruption Pinnacle will bring, please fill out your name and address, and sign it, and either bring it to the public information meeting 6-8 PM Thursday 16 August at the Bluebonnet library, or send it to me.

I am addressing the letter to Councilman Culbertson because the project is in his district (3), and the Metro council can add this type of stipulation to the project.

Bruce Wickert
P. O. Box 52708
Baton Rouge, LA 70892
 

Attachment:

Letter to Dr. Culbertson