Mess of the Week! -The Piñones Bike Path

In 2001 the Piñones Bike Path was the Winner of FHWA 2001 Environmental Excellence Award for Nonmotorized Transportation.




Just 6 years later the same project was featured at the Mess of the Week in July 16, 2007 edition of the San Juan Star. Check out the photo on the lower right.







The caption reads, " The Piñones Boardwalk designed as a walkway and bicycle route along the ocean in Piñones is rotting away. Lack of maintenance on the structure is creating a hazard, to the point that some of the wood planks are already missing."

Rincoeños Take Ride to DTOP to Discuss Proposed Bike Path

Ruperto Chaparro of SeaGrant, Carlos Carrero from UPRM’s Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios del Litoral (CIEL), and Surfrider’s Leon Richter met with senior Departmento de Transportación y Obras Públicas (DTOP) planning, legal and engineering staff to outline community concerns regarding the proposed Rincón Bike and Pedestrian Trail. Months after the “arinconvenienttruth” presentation, the community groups were asked to submit written comments.

Click here to download the Surfrider Bike Path Comments 9-25-07

These comments were sent on September 25, 2007 to:

Ing. Carlos González Miranda
Secretary & Executive Director
PR Department of Transportation (DTOP)

Gabriel A. Rodríguez, PP, MSCE
Strategic Planning Director
PR Department of Transportation (DTOP)

Antonio J. Barceló Hernández Esq.
Director - Right of Way Acquisition Area and Property Management
PR Department of Transportation (DTOP)

Roberto Fonseca
Acting Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration
Federal Highway Administration
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Division Office

Municipalidad de Rincón

Honorable Carlos López Bonilla, Alcalde

April 26, 2007—DTOP surveyors (with tripods) mark inland points of path that will extend towards the water

Surfrider Meets with Bikepath Architects and Submits Recommendations

Following a meeting in San Juan with Bikepath Architects Arq. Eugenio Fernandez (Eugenio Fernandez & Arquitectos) and Arq. Abelardo Oquendo (DTOP), the Surfrider Foundation submitted extensive written comments to the architects and to Dr. Fernando E. Fagundo, Secretario, Departmento de Transportación y Obras Públicas (DTOP), Hon. Luis E. Rodríguez Rivera, Secretario, Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales, Ing. Angel David Rodríguez Quiñones, Presidente, Junta de Planificación and Carlos Lopez, Mayor, Municipality of Rincón.

Click here to download the

Surfrider Bikepath Comments 3-19-04

More information and resources highlighted in Surfrider’s Recommendations to Bikepath Architects:

Low Impact Development: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Bioretention: University of Maryland

Green Parking: Stormwater Manager’s Resource Center (SMRC) and EPA

Collapsed Bikepath in Ventura, CA