{"id":39876,"date":"2018-03-18T22:55:20","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T03:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=39876"},"modified":"2018-03-18T22:55:20","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T03:55:20","slug":"texas-bicycling-news-digest-march-18th-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2018\/03\/18\/texas-bicycling-news-digest-march-18th-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling News Digest March 18th 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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3,000 cyclists descend on downtown for Tour de Houston<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Katherine Blunt | www.chron.com<\/h3>\n


\nMegan LeGrue wheeled her bike through downtown Houston early Sunday, nervous to test her stamina with a 20-mile round trip from City Hall.<\/p>\n

The 38-year-old set off to keep a promise she made to herself in 2006 when a heart condition nearly shut down her circulatory system. A mechanical pump kept her blood flowing for 255 days, and when her heart was at last strong enough to beat on its own, she resolved to keep it that way with exercise and physical challenges. …<\/p>\n

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Sherman spending $4.5M on Pecan Grove athletic fields<\/a><\/h2>\n

By William C. Wadsack | www.heralddemocrat.com<\/h3>\n

Sherman is moving forward with plans for $4.5 million in construction on a new athletic complex west of Pecan Grove Park and $625,000 on other improvements to city parks and facilities.<\/p>\n

The city will soon begin advertising for a construction manager-at-risk for the athletic complex work based on a design by park planners Dunkin, Sims, Stoffels, Inc. The Pecan Grove Athletic Complex will include four baseball and softball fields, a large soccer area that could incorporate multiple fields at once, and some neighborhood park features such as a splash pad, playground and pavilion. …<\/p>\n

… The hiking and biking trails work includes $30,000 on a lighting project for the Fairview Park walking path, $15,000 on a new bridge for the trail at Baker Park and $40,000 on planning and signage for the city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bicycle trail plan. Hutchinson said the city is also working on creating a Bike and Trail Master Plan. Hefton said city staff has addressed …<\/p>\n

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Bicycle Boulevard Improvement<\/a><\/h2>\n

cycling74 | bicycleaustin.info<\/h3>\n


\nSo the Bicycle Boulevard has had its issues, (built on wrong street, impenetrable double white line turning out to be penetrable, boulevard ended up being parking for cars & delivery trucks, etc), well… here’s an actual improvement. …<\/p>\n

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