A North Carolina County Will Micro-Manage a Bike Park and Modify Trails Because There Have Been too Many Crashes
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A county manager in Lee County, North Carolina has closed the San-Lee Gravity Bike Park in the town of Sanford due to multiple injuries. The county said in a statement that they expect the park to “remain closed for the foreseeable future as trail modifications are made to enhance and improve the safety of bike riders.”
The closure is a result of what the county calls a “serious injury” that occurred on a recent weekend, which is the 7th injury on the same jump in the past year, “prompting the temporary closure to review trail safety measures and maintenance needs.”
Lee County commissioners on Monday rejected Gov. Roy Cooperâs request for counties to impose civil penalties against those who violate his COVID-19 executive order.
The commission, minus Robert Reives whoâs been out for an unknown reason, unanimously adopted a resolution presented by Commissioner Bill Carver. In the resolution, Carver said that the county, local businesses, schools and law enforcement were responding appropriately to the pandemic and that the board should not create laws that would fine people for not wearing masks or violating gathering limits.
âWe also need to recognize that . imposing those kinds of constraints, those kinds of civil penalties, would be onerous to the sheriffâs department. They have their hands full right now, and to chase around and to do this kind of thing â Iâm speaking for some input from the sheriff â he just really finds that, that would be difficult,â Carver said.