Good News on Infrastructure thread

[arlcxrider]

Yeah, tight turns on and off a potentially slippery boardwalk. What could possibly go wrong.

[Starduster]

BikeArlington has just reported on FB that the boardwalk section is now officially open. Please report back here if that “Slippery When Wet” sign is simply “being prudent” or a genuine warning.

[Steve O]

@Starduster 225061 wrote:

There is a lesson for all here: While I did get a quick acknowledgement from the powers that be on this project (and also for my two other letters regarding the Columbia Pike detour at ANC and the Doctors Run Trail), that by itself wasn’t enough. All three cases will require focused & directed lobbying efforts (otherwise defined as “making a nuisance of yourself”) to actually effect improvements we can safely ride.

While waiting for whatever powers that be to maybe or maybe not do anything, it can be worthwhile to use whatever materials can be found nearby to at least make some minor improvements, as someone has done here.

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[Steve O]

@Starduster 225106 wrote:

BikeArlington has just reported on FB that the boardwalk section is now officially open. Please report back here if that “Slippery When Wet” sign is simply “being prudent” or a genuine warning.

One wonders if the anonymous lumberjacking accelerated the opening.

[Judd]

@Steve O 225109 wrote:

One wonders if the anonymous lumberjacking accelerated the opening.

Someone should buy that lumberjack a beer next week. I roll through here most days and don’t find the entrance and exit angle to be problematic on the south end. It’s a bit sharp on the north end, but there’s some constraints there with utility poles and the fenced gas pipes that would make the bridge twice as long to get around. Only sightline issue is the junction with Eads where the new fencing makes it a little bit harder to see folks similar to how the sewer plant fence creates a blind corner.

The decking appears to be a composite material. Interesting choice since this material is generally more durable and more expensive than wood and my understanding is this bridge will be torn down in ~3 years when the project is done. Info on slip resistance of wood versus composite was all over the map the last time I did research on it, with some data showing certain models of decking being as good or better than wood and some showing worse.

[Starduster]

@Judd 225152 wrote:

Someone should buy that lumberjack a beer next week.

But wouldn’t that blow his/her cover?

[Judd]

@Starduster 225155 wrote:

But wouldn’t that blow his/her cover?

The International Society of Secret Lumberjack Masons have ways of identifying each other.

[Starduster]

@Judd 225157 wrote:

The International Society of Secret Lumberjack Masons have ways of identifying each other.

Something other than tribal colors?
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At the Dominion site on Glebe, it seems that the cone and barrel that had provided some warning that a curb face was in your future have been removed.

This crap shouldn’t be so damned hard.

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There is traffic on the West Glebe bridge. Sidewalk lanes on both the upstream and downstream sides of the bridge are still closed. Detour at the end of the bridge now has cross traffic.

[mstone]

@dbb 225163 wrote:

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At the Dominion site on Glebe, it seems that the cone and barrel that had provided some warning that a curb face was in your future have been removed.

I mean, it isn’t safe to have a cone in the middle of the trail, right?

[Starduster]

@dbb 225163 wrote:

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At the Dominion site on Glebe, it seems that the cone and barrel that had provided some warning that a curb face was in your future have been removed.

This crap shouldn’t be so damned hard.

OK fellow lumberjacks: What do we do now?

[mstone]

@Starduster 225184 wrote:

OK fellow lumberjacks: What do we do now?

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Quikrete-50-lb-Asphalt-Cold-Patch-170158/202092202

[Judd]

@dbb 225164 wrote:

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There is traffic on the West Glebe bridge. Sidewalk lanes on both the upstream and downstream sides of the bridge are still closed. Detour at the end of the bridge now has cross traffic.

Detour is going to continue to be in place for another three months.

[Judd]

@Starduster 225184 wrote:

OK fellow lumberjacks: What do we do now?

Isn’t that the cone and barrel on the right side of the picture?

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