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Bike Trail In Guanacaste Enters In Final
Phase of Construction
Bike Trail In
Guanacaste Enters In Final Phase of
Construction
(InfoWebPress) – The bike trail project
between the communities of 27 de Abril and
Paraiso in Guanacaste has entered its final
phase of construction, as well as the
country’s first urban bike trail — a
900-meter path located alongside
Circunvalacion beltway in San Jose, which is
being constructed thanks to resources
provided by the FIA Foundation through the
Automobile Club of Costa Rica.
The overall bike trail initiative includes
three additional routes in the areas of
Esparza and Chacarita (Puntarenas province)
and in Limon (Caribbean). The project is
being managed by the National Roadways
Council (CONAVI) in an effort to boost
safety on the country’s roads, accommodating
their three main users: drivers, pedestrians
and bicyclists.
One bike trail runs between El Roble and
Chacarita, a 3.38-kilometer path that will
cost $1 million. The second trail in
Puntarenas will connect Esparza’s Police
Station to the Enis Lookout, a
2.12-kilometer tract also costing around $1
million. Meanwhile, the bike trail in Limon
— connecting Moin Port to Aleman Pier — will
measure 6.8 kilometers and represent an
investment of $2 million.
In addition to the 27 de Abril-Paraiso
route, other bike trails planned for
Guanacaste include Liberia-Cañas (47
kilometers); 27 de Abril- Rio Seco
(alongside a new road to be built there);
and Junquillal-Avellanas.
Bike trails are seen as an attractive
transportation alternative considering the
increase in fuel prices. They would also
help protect bicycles by giving them safer
riding alternatives to high-traffic,
dangerous highways. Bike trials would
guarantee riders have a risk-free
transportation system, but construction of
each kilometer costs around $100,000 —
reason for which the government is looking
for various financing channels to build this
infrastructure.
“Our commitment is to make roads a safe
place for all user, and we are fulfilling
this promise by starting these three bike
trails (the ones in Puntarenas in Limon) and
bringing the other two (Guanacaste and San
Jose) to their final construction phases,”
Transportation Minister Karla Gonzalez said.
“Thanks to these efforts, our infrastructure
will be inclusive not only for those who
have vehicles, but for those who daily means
of transportation is a bicycle.”
Road crews are currently installing mile
markers along the bike trails in Guanacaste
and San Jose, in addition to protective
walls and horizontal and vertical signage.
They are also doing drainage work and
building curbs.
“The places where this bike trail project is
starting are those where there’s already a
culture of use of the bicycle (flat, coastal
regions), where children, teenagers and
adults travel to school and work sharing the
road with trucks and automobiles,” Gonzalez
added.
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