DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Bicycle Coalition is hoping the Iowa Department of Transportation will do something to make the NW 44th Street intersection of the High Trestle Trail safer for cyclists following the tragic death of an Ankeny woman cycling on the trail last week.
Luke Hoffman, the Executive Director of the Iowa Bicycle Coalition, said he asked the DOT to look into the intersection.
“There’s stop signs there for the cyclists, and then there’s like watch for cyclists, I think as a sign, but not flashing lights which draw attention. This is a really busy intersection and it’s clearly very dangerous. So that would be another solution in addition to level setting the road and the trail and there’s some other remedies I think that can be put in place, but I think everyone is fully invested in some solutions. I was just in a meeting again with the D.O.T. today and brought this up,” Hoffman said.
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Gary Lorenz, a cyclist on the High Trestle Trail, said that the NW 44th Street intersection is the most dangerous intersection on the trail…