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Danger on Legacy Trail

I want to alert the public to a dangerous design flaw with the Legacy Trail bike route.

About halfway up, the trail goes under the interstate through a tunnel. Guess what other purpose this tunnel serves. It is also a route for farm trucks to go between the farms on either side of the interstate.

Mixing trucks and cyclists is never a good idea. Sooner or later someone is going a have very bad accident in this tunnel area. It’s just a matter of time because people just don’t expect to see a motorized vehicle out there. I found this out the hard way on a recent Sunday.

Jerry Johnson

Lexington

This story was originally published April 30, 2016 at 11:50 AM with the headline "Danger on Legacy Trail."

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