Exciting news! Trail renovation to begin!

Parks & Rec has now chosen a contractor and will soon sign a contract for the first phase of trail renovation! The first phase will restore from Duncklee Street north to the Beacon Street parking lot, and west to Zervas. It will also include the interior trail from the intersection of the main trail with the trail from Beaconwood to the dog park.

We donated $12,368 to the City for the renovation, to complement $9,000 from Parks & Rec and $20,000 from the location fee from Defending Jacob (which premiers Apr. 24). Thanks to all of you who contributed! Our contribution still leaves us more than $12,000 toward the next phase of work. Other trail sections will be much more expensive, however, especially the Aqueduct, which is much wider and will likely need special erosion control measures.

Trail work will require some temporary inconvenience and closures, of course. Hopefully, it can be done section by section, with detours around specific sections. The section of trail from the parking lot to Zervas, however, is likely to require detouring to Beacon Street. The entire process is hoped to take less than two months, but may take as long as three. We will email updates as we know the specific schedule, and post them on our Facebook Page and web site.

Here’s a picture from a short ceremony in the park with Alan handing an oversized check to Mayor Ruthanne Fuller, and lots of mutual thank you’s.