I have alerted City staff to this issue (minus the names mentioned in
the original email because I didn't seek permission first). Hopefully
they will respond with a solution.

My understanding is that Lee Keech, whose email is below, is the main
contact for "spot improvements" such as sewer grate fixes and pothole
issues. Folks can contact him for more direct response.

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>From: Sophie Stimson <sstimson@...>
>To: Lee Keech <lkeech@...>
>CC: "Larry Leveen (larryleveen@...)" <larryleveen@...>
>Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 09:21:30 -0800
>Subject: FW: [CBCAdvocacy] Bike lane issu in West Olympia.
>Thread-Topic: [CBCAdvocacy] Bike lane issu in West Olympia.
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>Lee
>Can you please add this to the R/Cs and send it to the right person
>at Stormwater? Thanks, Sophie
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Larry Leveen [mailto:larryleveen@...]
>Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 8:14 AM
>To: Sophie Stimson
>Subject: Fwd: [CBCAdvocacy] Bike lane issu in West Olympia.
>
>Sophie, can you direct this to the right person in PW? It would be
>nice to hear back from them.
>
>Thanks.
>
>>From the guidelines for bike lanes:
>>
>>(5) Drainage Grates and Manhole
>>Covers
>>Locate drainage inlet grates and manhole covers
>>to avoid bike lanes. When drainage grates or
>>manhole covers are located in a bike lane,
>>minimize the effect on bicyclists. A minimum of
>>3 feet of lateral clearance is needed between the
>>edge of a drainage inlet grate and the shoulder
>>stripe. Install and maintain grates and manhole
>>covers level with the surface of the bike lane.
>>For additional information on drainage, see
>>1020.06(15).
>>
>>In West Olympia in the area that they redid at Division St NW and
>>Bowman Ave NW cyclist have an issue with a rain grate that sits
>>about 1 foot out from the corner of the curb. If you are going
>>from Bowman to Division toward the college you have to swing out
>>into the flow of traffic on Division before entering the bike lane
>>to keep your wheel from dropping into the grate. The grate posses
>>a similar issue for going north on Division but to a lesser degree.
>>If you are making the the slits in the grate line up perfectly to
>>catch a road bike wheel. If simply riding on Division it could
>>catch your wheel if you simply turn your wheel just a bit while
>>crossing it. Since they can not dig up the road and do it again I
>>think the issue could be bettered if they simply pulled the rate
>>and rotated it 90 degrees. Since the curb is not close enough to
>>channel water anyway it sould not make any differance for flood
>>contol which way it faces.
>>
>
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