There won’t be bicycle lanes, after all, along Lindberg Avenue.

Instead, “Share The Road” symbols of bicycles and arrows will be painted on Lindberg Avenue.

“We kind of went back to the drawing board,” Benjamin T. Guthrie, project manager, Traffic Planning And Design, Inc., Allentown, said.

“We discussed it in-house,” Guthrie continued during his presentation at the Oct. 8 workshop after the Salisbury Township Board of Commissioners’ meeting. “I got some helpful input from the staff.”

The sidewalk along Flexer Avenue will still be extended. There will be a Lindberg and Flexer avenues crosswalk.

Township commissioners voted 5-0 at the March 27 meeting to approve an application for funding for the project under the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation “Transportation Alternative Program” for the Lindberg Avenue bicycle lanes.

PennDOT was to fund 80 percent of the estimated $300,000 to $400,000 cost. The remaining 20 percent would be for engineering, which the township would fund with Keystone Consulting Engineers, the township engineering consultant firm.

Guthrie said he consulted with PennDOT officials about placing the bicycle symbols on the Lindberg road surface and they were “pleased.”

So are township officials.

“I like this a lot better,” township Commissioner President James A. Brown said.

Township Commissioner Joanne Ackerman agreed.

Guthrie said his firm would proceed with engineering plans.

When Guthrie made his presentation at the July 9 township meeting workshop, Salisbury officials had expressed concern about the impact on those who park vehicles along Lindberg Avenue during sports competitions in Lindberg Park if bicycle lanes were added along Lindberg Avenue.

About 10 feet was to have been allocated for bicycles for a distance of about 1.5 miles from Lindberg Park to Green Acres Park.

The bicycle lanes were seen as part of a “traffic calming” effort along Lindberg Avenue, where the township police department has stepped up speed limit enforcement. Nearby residents have complained to township officials about the excessive speed of vehicles on Lindberg.

Speed limits on Lindberg Avenue were reduced to 25 mph by a 4-0 vote at the Dec. 18, 2014, commissioners’ meeting.

Parking along both sides of Lindberg Avenue occurs when the parking lot in the park fills up during sports events in Lindberg Park.

Bicycle lanes were part of the Lindberg Park Master Plan, which has 11 phases. Total cost of the Lindberg Park improvements is estimated at $3 million. Completion time is about 10 years.

Work on the Lindberg Park Master Plan began in 2011, based on the township parks, recreation and open space plan. Public hearings on the Lindberg Park Master Plan were held during 2012.

Consultant for the Lindberg Park Master Plan is Urban Research & Development Corp.