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Construction crew in the lot near Waverly has placed large planks of wood in the street, blocking much of the bike lane and several inches thick. When I stopped today to move them out of the road, a construction worker told me they put these here so that trucks can drive up over the sidewalk "all day long" without damaging the curb. When I told him that bikes need to be able to ride safely on this road "all day long" he shrugged and said to just go around them. Waverly is heavily traveled by both cars and bikes, and a dedicated bike lane is important here. The wooden blocks are left there all day and presumably all night, when they would be difficult to see and especially unsafe. The construction crew needs to be advised to find a better solution that allows safe travel on the road - their work is not in the road itself.