SAGLE, ID - Bonner County Road and Bridge reports that the Bottle Bay Road Bicycle Culvert has exceeded their wildest expectations. When originally constructed during the summer of 2019 by MacDonall and Son, the $1.5 million dollar culvert was expected to see an annual usage of up to five bicyclists per year. For the year to date in 2020, so far the culvert has seen seven bicyclists, prompting Road and Bridge to conduct a press conference at the culvert to announce its success.
Various county officials spoke at the September 10th press conference, highlighting the necessity of the project, and downplaying the inconvenience to the residents of the Bottle Bay area. Numerous times, it was mentioned that the half hour each way extra commutes inflicted upon those county residents was a small price to pay for the enhanced safety of the summer bicycling community. While officials did acknowledge that no bicyclists had ever been killed or injured previously at the old crossing, nor had an accident ever been reported, that the safety of Bonner county’s children was of the utmost importance, and that the bicycle culvert represents Bonner county’s commitment to its most vulnerable citizens.
In preparation for the press conference, road crews were able to remove all the chalk graffiti with steam cleaners and evict the homeless heroin addict living in the culvert, all in under one hour. The homeless man was transported to Naples to become Boundary county’s problem. The press conference was also momentarily interrupted when a seven year old girl attempted to pedal her Barbie Bike through the proceedings. Quick thinking by police rerouted her onto highway 95 to cross in the old manner, so as not to disturb the orations. The child was seen walking her bike across Bottle Bay road and waving to a passing driver that she apparently knew, all without a police escort, and all without suffering death or maiming by a crazed and reckless motorist.
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