I am opposed to the shared-use path on Bunts Road. As a resident of Bunts, it's tough enough to get out of the driveway with all the traffic. Adding a shared-use path will increase the foot traffic and increase the danger to pedestrians.

Alex Koleszar

Shifting the multi-purpose path proposed on Bunts Road to the roadway.

As a Bunts Road homeowner, I encourage you to abandon the proposed multi-use path on Bunts Road for the following reasons:
1. Tearing up a perfectly good concrete sidewalk to replace it with an asphalt path is a waste of money
2. Expanding a 5-foot wide sidewalk to be a 10-foot wide path will impact the root zones on the tree lawns causing the destruction of the existing tree canopy. Those trees are critical to cleaning the air, providing shade and soaking up excess storm water. I understand the sewer work may impact some of the larger trees with roots expanding to the curb. But most of our Bunts trees are mid-sized and would survive such sewer work. It would be criminal to destroy them all and start over with newly planted saplings that will take decades to start providing the benefits we currently get from the existing trees. Urban forestry tree calculators show that our trees that cost $200 to $300 to plant in the last few decades are now worth several thousands of dollars each in benefits to our community. Please don't needlessly destroy these valuable Lakewood assets.
3. Lakewood has made an effort recently to add bike lanes to streets, even busy ones like Lake, Madison and Hilliard. It makes no sense to abandon this model on just one street instead of maintaining a consistent bike plan throughout the city.
4. Mixing E-bikes and motorized scooters on the same path as our dog walkers, strollers and other pedestrians is an accident waiting to happen.

Bob Rensel