WE URGE YOU TO STOP THE (Green Mountain Stage Race) BIKE RACE COMING THROUGH OUR TOWNS!! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

DISRUPTIVE: The bike race is disruptive and inconvenient for the locals especially on labor day weekend! We can't get to work, funerals, weddings, etc. We have had to cancel catered events due to not having access to the roads that WE pay taxes and registration to drive on!

SAFETY: There is a long standing history of this race causing significant delays in Emergency Services when responding to an Emergency in town or affiliated with the bike race. There has been several cases of blatant disregard for Emergency Services by failing to yield and even endangering rescue and fire personnel on accident scenes. Vehicles involved with the bike race, have run oncoming traffic off the road in the past.

REVENUE: The state claims the race brings in revenue. It certainly doesn't to all towns effected! For example the Jerusalem Store is forced to close on what would otherwise be a profitable day for them. In preparation for the bike race the taxpayers pay for the roads to be swept, cracks to be filled, and a heavy state police escort. The expense is also footed by the local taxpayers in the event that First Response/FD is dispatched to an emergency affiliated with the bike race. This year the bike race organization delayed the road construction on Rte 17.

DISREGARD FOR LAWS: The bike race organization seems to think they are above the law. They fail to yield to emergency vehicles, spray paint cracks and holes on the roadway, and liter on the side of the road.

OUR TOWNS HAVE HOSTED THIS RACE LONG ENOUGH!! MOVE THE ROUTE OR STOP IT PLEASE! EVEN THE TOUR DE FRANCE MOVES IT'S ROUTE!! SHARE THE "REVENUE" SOMEWHERE ELSE!!
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