I really feel sorry for these bike riders who lost their track after the city demolished it for liability reasons.
Reader Letter: Use Christmas light money to build a mountain bike trail
Reader Letters
Mountain biker Jonathan Gignac watches in dismay as the unauthorized stunt course in the Little River Corridor is demolished by a bulldozer on Nov. 23, 2017.
Re: Complainant fears revenge after bike trail demolished, by Dalson Chen, Nov. 24.
I really feel sorry for these bike riders. Here is a group of kids who don’t spend all day playing video games and texting, but had the ingenuity to go out and build themselves a mountain bike trail. All they wanted to do was have fun.They weren’t bothering anybody.
Now the city has bulldozed it. Mayor Drew Dilkens and council say it was a liability issue. All the city had to do was put up signs that read: “Ride at your own risk. The City of Windsor is not responsible for bike accidents or injuries.”
Instead of spending $2 million on Christmas lights at Jackson Park, the city should take part of that money and build these kids a new mountain bike trail.
Bob Roach, Windsor
Share Your Views
Send letters to the editor to letters@windsorstar.com. (Don’t send them as attachments; put them in the body of the emails.) Letters must include your full name, address and phone number. (We will only publish your name and the municipality where you live.) Letters must be fewer than 300 words. The Star reserves the right to edit, condense and reject letters.
Comments
We encourage all readers to share their views on our articles and blog posts. We are committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion, so we ask you to avoid personal attacks, and please keep your comments relevant and respectful. If you encounter a comment that is abusive, click the "X" in the upper right corner of the comment box to report spam or abuse. We are using Facebook commenting. Visit our FAQ page for more information.