He Was Wrroong
Here's the big pile regrind asphalt ready for use
Here's what the railroad rights of way looks
like after the rails have been removed.
Here's the big pile regrind asphalt ready for use
Here's what the railroad rights of way looks
like after the rails have been removed.
In early Oct., the Business Development
Authority (BDA) Chair announced a big change in the Elk River Trail System
(ERTS) State Park. Up until that Oct. meeting , the public had been told,
there would be a smooth as silk, hiking biking surface for the long
skinny trail. During the Oct. 14th BDA meeting, the Chair advanced, instead
of removing the rails and ties and then smoothing out the ballast, the
ties would be left in place and then covered over with gravel. We
know of no other rails to trails path in this state where the ties have
been left in place.
As soon as the Chair's words were made
public, everything went to H. True the promised gravel, even if 12 inches
thick, may look good for a short while BUT, as it settles in and
the rotting ties are visible again, it could be nothing more than an unusable
Lump Lane as we named the thang.
Instead of a great tourism draw perfect
for even horseback rides or pulling a buggy, that great future was dashed.
Clayberry had gotten screwed again.
We based our many comments and write ups
on what was made public on Oct. 14th with a follow up on Oct. 23rd
during the County Commission meeting..
Just down from Duck, W Va, here's two examples
of what the dumped and spread regrind asphalt looks like
Here's a stretch of the trail with an easement
road still in place
On Oct. 27th, we made it to Duck and took
a looksee of Lump Lane. Here's what you see. We don't know if the ties
have been left in place or removed. If the ties are left in place, there
are no visible sign of em, not even along the edge. As a matter of fact,
with many inches of regrind in place, the trail looks almost ready for
use.
As for the Ace Cub Reporter's comments
(Lump Lane for instance), he may have been wro,,,,, wroooo,,,, wrong.
Darn that's hard to say.
In the way of an update, the regrind is
in place well beyond Bev Nichol's home.
Further down trail, at Groves Creek, construction
equipment is on site. It looks like that rr bridge has been rehabed with
wooden guard rails in place.
Right now things look much better than
the lumpy lane that we've been predicting.
AW