Bicycle & Pedestrian Access from Creve Coeur Park to the Lake, Maryland Heights (06STL1114)
Status:
City: Maryland Heights. Route: Marine & Dorsett Rds Location: main enterance to St. Louis County's Creve Coeur Park from the inter section of Marine & Dorsett Rds
Type: Shoulder, Sidewalk, Bicycle Lane, Curb cuts/ramps, Intersection improvements, Crosswalks, Signs, some way to bridge the culvert
Description:
create a thoroughfare for bicycle and pedestrian use?just west of the main entrance to St. Louis County's Creve Coeur Park from the intersection of Marine & Dorsett Rds running northwest to the boat ramp access area parking lot by the lake.
Importance:
there are two blind curves, no shoulder (deep gullies) and a steep incline. it is difficult for vehicular traffic to see, much less go-around slow-moving bicycle traffic.
ADA: there are only (100+) steps or a steep, root- and rut-filled path from Creve Coeur Park to Creve Coeur Lake for the disabled you must get into your car to go from one area to the other.
Obstacles:
creek
jurisdiction (county, state, municipal responsibilities may overlap)