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Take a Stroll on Newly Enhanced Trails

Posted on February 1, 2021 7:00 AM by Sarah Carey

Add steps to your daily walk and check out the improved trail section from Blythe Lane/Casey Boulevard at Roper Park to the Shirley Park Bridge behind the pool! It is nice and wide with the brush and trees cut way back and a new surface has been put down.

The black base material on the trail is recycled road base material which will compact and become firmer over time. The pebbles were left mainly down the middle of the path but over time, with pedestrian traffic, they will spread and level out. Halfway down the trail a culvert pipe was added to help prevent erosion washout from the outflow pipe from Roper Park area.

Routine maintenance will be easier now that some of the wetness has been diverted. Gravel trails only need to be regraded every few years.

Comments

Comment By: Miranda Saumier

Posted on February 19, 2021 8:31 PM

The new gravel area does look so much better but Is anyone else finding the new gravel difficult to walk on? I’ve turned my ankles on this stuff. And the rest of the NT paths behind Discovery/Rollison Dr. are too stripped of gravel/mulch and have become super mucky in multiple areas. Not to mention tree roots are more exposed. Why were they stripped?

REPLY: The pebbles on the refurbished section will spread out as the base material settles and becomes compact and firmer. The pebbles would get lost off the edges of the trail if initially spread out to the edges.

The mulch trails behind Disovery Park and Rollison Drive have not been mulched in a few years. The mulch has broken down and some of it gets washed away in heavy rain. So this is natural erosion, the trails were not stripped.

Last Edited: 03/02/2021 at 10:29 AM