Texas Biking News January 20th 2022
Video: Cyclist concerned about Springfield project affecting bike trail
By Lisely Garza | www.kgns.tv
LAREDO, TX. (KGNS) – As the Springfield Avenue extension project continues to be developed, local cyclists are concerned about what it’s doing to one of Laredo’s nature trails.
Local cycling activist Fernando Baldazo says after being asked where people can ride their bikes in Laredo.
With the expansion project of Springfield Avenue, the project has caused the cycling community to speak out.
Baldazo says, “The Shiloh trail is going through an expansion of Springfield Road, but this expansion couldn’t have come at a worse time. It came at a time when two other cycling parks they had were sold to private owners.”
Baldazo is referring to Los Morales and La Bota Bike Trails which are private property but now have a new owner; unfortunately, the new owners don’t allow them to ride through there.
He says the cycling community has …
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I’ll never understand why some people believe that it’s okay to steal other people’s personal property.
Last Friday, while stopping by Uptown Nutrition, off of Kemp, for a quick drink, Tom Horn’s bike was stolen. This was devastating news for him. Not only is Tom an avid cyclist, but he uses his bicycle as his primary mode of transportation to get around town, and to his job at All American Super Car Wash.
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