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Residents: New Elachee bridge needs room for bikes, pedestrians
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Residents are hopeful the state will consider bicyclists and pedestrians as a new Elachee Drive bridge is planned and built. (File photo)
The planned replacement of the Elachee Drive bridge over Interstate 985 is drawing raves, but area residents are hoping the state remembers bicyclists and pedestrians as part of the project. A committee of city and county officials within the Gainesville-Hall Metropolitan Planning Organization, Hall’s lead transportation planning agency, gave its nod to the project last week but with the hope that those needs are addressed. “I have a physical fear of heights, so when I ride over that bridge, I have to kind of get in the middle, and I often think of somebody coming up behind me,” said Flowery Branch City Manager Bill Andrew, an avid cyclist.