Description

Although the landscaping is beautiful at the “Boardwalk Gateway” between the 31st St. Hilton and Neptune Park, the grasses and other plantings are obstructions. Pedestrians walking to the boardwalk have limited visibility to see if bikes are coming in the bike path and vice versa. It doesn’t matter if a bike is going slow, children and even adults who were walking slowly will often speed up right when I get to the bike path, darting out. If the bikes could see them that would be great and people could see the bikes, win-win. Fewer close calls.

Please consider revising the landscaping to be more cut back close to the bike path and walkway, for at least 3 to 5 feet.

Since this is not a public roadway, it didn’t make sense to call traffic engineering. But when I have called them to tell them the visibility is blocked on the road because of landscaping, be at on private property or city property, they have trimmed it back or replaced it. I hope the same can happen here.