The sluggish road to repair the State Forest bike path

Almost half of the bike path in the State Forest is in bad shape. I mean, terrible shape. Anyone who bikes on the Vineyard knows someone who’s hit a frost heave there and taken a spill. For years, I’ve wondered why the bad spots have gone untended. I’d heard rumors. The shared-use path (its proper name) runs through the woods for 13 or 14 miles. In 2019, six miles, mostly in West Tisbury, were resurfaced. A story had it that there were once funds to do the remaining seven or eight miles, most in Edgartown, but the pandemic intervened, and any money went elsewhere. Another version said that resources for ecologically favorable transport went to fund the Island’s electric buses.

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