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Article: Commission to discuss bike trail

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THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION

Avid biker Ray Mikulka, 64, jokes that he has a "death wish." To access the regional bike trail, he pedals up 73rd Avenue or Whitcomb Street -- which he sneeringly refers to as "suicide road." Neither road has shoulders for bikers, and cars often speed past.

"The access points are risky, Mikulka said.

Soon, that could change. Town Councilman and Plan Commission member Shawn Pettit said he hopes two key developments planned off U.S. 30 will feature paved access to the bike trail.

Pettit said the town will ask developers of Creekwood Crossings and the old Broadmoor golf course area to set aside land for new access points. It ...

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