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 March 20, 08

Bal Harbour

Removing the Ban

Bal Harbour moves to allow bikes on the beach

By Claudia Boyd-Barrett

After a successful five-month trial, Bal Harbour Village will permanently allow cyclists to ride on the beach.

Council members backed an ordinance Tuesday to remove the city’s outright ban on bicycles on the beach and allow people to use the beach access road for cycling. The jogging path and sidewalks were not included.

“It’s a public safety issue,” Chief of Police Tom Hunker said. “Sometimes children want to ride their bikes on the road or on the sidewalk, but this gives kids and everybody in the community a much safer area to ride in.”

Cyclists have been allowed on the beach access road as a temporary measure since November. The new ordinance will make that change permanent. It goes to a final vote in April.

City Clerk Ellisa Horvath said residents responded positively to the new rules and there were no complaints or reported problems.

Councilman Martin Packer said he had initiated the rule change because he was concerned about accidents involving bicycles on Collins Avenue. In September, a man was severely injured after his bicycle was hit by a car on Collins. Since the new rules took effect, no similar accidents have been reported.

“This adds to safety and improves the overall quality of life for people in Bal Harbour,” Packer said of the ordinance. “I’m very pleased it passed.”

As an additional safety measure, the city is asking the all owners of buildings on the east side of Collins Avenue to install traffic mirrors on their exits, Hunker said. This will allow drivers to spot bicycles or pedestrians moving south along the road or sidewalk. He said accidents sometimes occur because drivers only look north when they exit the buildings.

The new mirrors will cost around $200 and building owners are being asked to pay for them, Hunker said.
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