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Kinzie unprotected bike lane

Anyone know what happened to the barrier poles on Kinzie? Many of them are gone altogether, apparently even the bases were removed. There a few west of the bridge in the east bound lane that appear to have been sheared off the base and are scattered along the side of the street. There are still a few standing, but there appears to be no rhyme or reason to it. I'm guessing plow damage, but don't know. Anyone have any insight, or any idea when the city will repair this?

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Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on December 29, 2013 at 12:36pm
I just assumed they had been knocked down by the increased heavy truck traffic for the Wolf Point construction.
Permalink Reply by EssFresh on December 29, 2013 at 4:38pm

Same with Elston just North of Division. 

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on December 29, 2013 at 11:12pm

The construction trucks routinely park in the bike lanes on Kinzie while they wait to go into the Wolf Point site. Last week I noticed the wheels of one of the dump trucks was sitting on top of what was one of those plastic "barriers". Don't be holding your breath for repairs, or for the trucks to be stopped from parking in the lanes. 

Permalink Reply by Crazy David 84 Furlongs on December 30, 2013 at 6:24pm

Weren't they going to take out the Kinzie protected Bike Lane and relocate it North due to Wolf Point construction?   

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on January 4, 2014 at 6:42pm

I wonder if anyone's yet tried attaching a small plow to a Segway?

Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on January 6, 2014 at 7:29am

Before reading the post, I thought it was about the section of Kinzie between Wells and Dearborn.

Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on January 6, 2014 at 6:12pm

Another reason to install more permanent concrete curbs instead of plastic bollards.

Permalink Reply by David P. on January 7, 2014 at 9:58am

I drove down Kinzie during my work day yesterday and not only were the lanes plowed, but the plow was giving another pass over the bridge as I went by.

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