Isn’t it unsafe to have stakes next to a bike path?
When we plant, we mulch the plants with cardboard and rice straw to suppress weeds around the plants and maintain moisture in the soil. We use wooden stakes for three reasons: • to mark the location of plants so they are easy to spot for maintenance and mowing • to keep the cardboard and straw mulch in place • we use a large stake on the upstream side of the plant to help protect the plant from debris which can get washed down the creek and can otherwise smother or break the plant. The stakes are reclaimed from landscapers that discard them. As avid cyclists ourselves, we take bike safety seriously because we deal with it all the time as riders. The stakes are not in the path. Anyone straying off the path may encounter other potential hazards such as rocks, trees, clumps of grass, holes, concrete chunks, storm debris and stormwater outfalls. The safest thing is to stay on the path. In response to public concerns a risk assessment officer from SCWA inspected the site and determined that
