Comments on: Kid-friendly Bike Ride at Big Creek Greenway Alpharetta and Fitness Walk in Forsyth http://www.bigcreekgreenway.com/index.php/2009/12/01/kid-friendly-bike-ride-at-big-creek-greenway-alpharetta-and-fitness-walk-in-forsyth/ Maps, Photos, Walking, Running, Biking, Parking for the Big Creek Greenway Trail in Alpharetta, Roswell, and Forsyth County, GA Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:04:46 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bruce Watson http://www.bigcreekgreenway.com/index.php/2009/12/01/kid-friendly-bike-ride-at-big-creek-greenway-alpharetta-and-fitness-walk-in-forsyth/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Bruce Watson Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:04:50 +0000 http://www.bigcreekgreenway.com/?p=202#comment-71 Jeff The Big Creek Greenway is a great park resource for Forsyth. However, it looks like not nearly enough parking or Greenway access points are available. Sunday 02/20 the Bethelview trailhead was full and cars parked up and down the road on the shoulders of Bethelview. Also cars were parked on the shoulder where Castleberry intersects Hwy 9. I think it is just a matter of time before we have an accident with people trying to create parking spaces. As spring arrives this situation will just get worse. I live in Vickery and have tried riding my bike the 1-mile to where the Greenway intersects Majors road. Unfortunately the cars do not abide by the 35 mph speed limit and I did not feel safe. There is lots of parking at the Vickery Village. Do you know if anyone has looked at a walking/bike path from Vickery, down Majors Road to the Greenway? This one-mile stretch has a nice wide shoulder that would easily accommodate a walking/bike path. This seems to be a very cost effective way to add parking and access to the Greenway. Please let me know your thoughts, and whom you might suggest I contact about adding access to the Greenway from Vickery. Cheers Bruce Watson (Phone # Removed) Jeff
The Big Creek Greenway is a great park resource for Forsyth. However, it looks like not nearly enough parking or Greenway access points are available. Sunday 02/20 the Bethelview trailhead was full and cars parked up and down the road on the shoulders of Bethelview. Also cars were parked on the shoulder where Castleberry intersects Hwy 9. I think it is just a matter of time before we have an accident with people trying to create parking spaces. As spring arrives this situation will just get worse.

I live in Vickery and have tried riding my bike the 1-mile to where the Greenway intersects Majors road. Unfortunately the cars do not abide by the 35 mph speed limit and I did not feel safe. There is lots of parking at the Vickery Village. Do you know if anyone has looked at a walking/bike path from Vickery, down Majors Road to the Greenway? This one-mile stretch has a nice wide shoulder that would easily accommodate a walking/bike path. This seems to be a very cost effective way to add parking and access to the Greenway.

Please let me know your thoughts, and whom you might suggest I contact about adding access to the Greenway from Vickery.

Cheers

Bruce Watson
(Phone # Removed)

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