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Moors Road Reconstruction and Bicycle Safety Improvements
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These improvements are intended to:
• Reduce Congestion
- Moors Road is heavily used during the visitor season by passenger vehicles, buses, contractor equipment, delivery trucks, bicyclists, and pedestrians.
- A two-day traffic count totaled 2,530 vehicles (August 2007).
• Increase Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Vehicular Safety
- During summer months, as many as 800 bicyclists per day ride their bicycles along Moors Road and through parking areas to access bicycle parking for Herring Cove Beach.
- There were 14 bicycle/vehicle accidents on Moors Road in 2007.
- Increase in use by delivery and construction vehicles has led to the roadway crumbling due to
excessive loading.
• Protect Natural Resources of the National
Seashore
- The proposed multi-use enhancements should provide environmentally sensitive and safe access to public use areas, including a link between Province Lands Bike Trail and Herring Cove Beach.
- A bicycle facility should direct bicyclists to designated areas to prevent intrusion into the fragile dunes of the National Seashore.
• Encourage Alternative Forms of Transportation
- These improvements support the intermodal transportation goals of the Cape Cod Commission's Long Range Transportation Plan.
- The proposed multi-use enhancements should make connections to the regional transit system easier.
- Roadway and bicycle improvements should encourage visitors and local residents to leave their cars and directly experience the resources of the National Seashore.