August 2022 Road and Trail Conditions

[DrP]

Wasn't there at 4:30 Friday. Not much going on at the Kensington crossing. The west-side caution tapes at all three barriers between Kensington and Jefferson had been broken.

So the tool to tell the county about trees works. (or someone called it in)

[dbb]

Crystal City Connector at the Water Park was a shit show this afternoon. The contractor dug a trench across the ramp down to the tunnel. Gotta love this stuff.





I logged a service ticket with Arlington. Remains to be seen what happens.

[dbb]

Inspection at noon today shows no real improvement. Developer is aware and is working to get trail reopened. Some in ArCo seem to feel that MOT allowed a "walk your bike" segment

[arlcxrider]

Ridiculous if the county pre-approved this. I get the feeling there's just an "anything goes" attitude when it comes to work associated with "National Landing."

I've submitted several tickets about steel plates covering utility trenches on Crystal Drive south of 18th. They're often placed at odd angles to the direction of travel, not spiked down, and there are no asphalt edge "ramps." All at odds with best practices. Several times I've noted multiple plates stacked. Easy enough to spot during the day I suppose, but a hazard for the unwary, those riding at night, or in the rain.

[consularrider]

On the goods news front, upgrades to facilities along the W&OD. New non-"winterized" water fountain with bottle filler at Smith Switch, several new porta-johns, and new mirrors at mm 33 on either side of the Leesburg Bypass underpass giving a pretty clear view of what's been hiding under there all these years. Now, how about for the Carling Springs Underpass along 4 Mile Run?