Jan 2023 Road and Trail Conditions

[Henry]

Because riding conditions this month have generally been awesome, forgot to start this thread.

It's wet out there this AM, so be careful, especially on the leaves.

Henry

[dbb]

I'd like to report the removal of all the trees between the trail and the flood wall to the east of Glebe bridge under construction. WTF? The trees between the trail and roadway are still there.

Not sure what problem this action was intended to solve.

[bentbike33]

I'd like to report the removal of all the trees between the trail and the flood wall to the east of Glebe bridge under construction. WTF? The trees between the trail and roadway are still there.

Not sure what problem this action was intended to solve.

Damn. Those trees always had such great color in the fall. And they weren't causing root heaves on the trail either. To close to the flood wall?

[Steve O]

I'd like to report the removal of all the trees between the trail and the flood wall to the east of Glebe bridge under construction. WTF? The trees between the trail and roadway are still there.

Not sure what problem this action was intended to solve.

Sounds like something Bernie Bernie Berne Burn (or whatever his name actually is) should rant about

[dbb]

I'd like to report the removal of all the trees between the trail and the flood wall to the east of Glebe bridge under construction. WTF? The trees between the trail and roadway are still there.

Not sure what problem this action was intended to solve.

Pretty amazing it happened under the radar (well, my radar) when just a few years ago the Washington Blvd trail to the west of Fort Myer was delayed because some trees needed to be selectively removed.

Along the Four Mile Run trail the selection process seemed to be "all of them".

I've reached out to Arlington Parks and Dominion to see if anybody fesses up to the action.

[dbb]

Dominion indicates it wasn't them but suggested the FMR dredging project might be responsible.

[lordofthemark]

Dominion indicates it wasn't them but suggested the FMR dredging project might be responsible.

Any word on what killed the fox? Are the remains still there? They were yesterday.

[dbb]

Well, it seems ArCo was responsible for the tree cutting.

Note from the FMR dredging project manager "The trees were not removed as part of the dredging project, but as a requirement from the Army Corps of Engineers. The Army Corps des periodic inspections of the flood channel and provides a report with required maintenance and repair activities. They determined that these trees were too close to the flood wall, and if they fell over, they could cause part of the flood wall to fall over as well. We will be planting replacement trees in a more suitable location and are working with our urban forestry staff to locate the new trees."

[Steve O]

Any word on what killed the fox? Are the remains still there? They were yesterday.

Still there this morning. yum.

[huberww]

Traversing Arlington westbound on the Wilson Boulevard and Fairfax bikelanes through Clarendon and Ballston continues to be horrendously affected by construction. I highly recommend the pleasant Key Boulevard parallel route. Key has recently been repaved and is smooth as a baby's bottom. Wilson and Fairfax not so much.