April 2016 Road and Trail Conditions

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  • March 31, 2016 at 8:14 pm #1050403
    bentbike33
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    @consularrider 137799 wrote:

    Please take the time to report on issues involving trails throughout the DC area, especially … around the Jefferson Memorial and East Potomac Park that requires some sort of rotary brush attachment or blower as are used in Arlington and by the NVRPA.

    Probably need the heavy-duty end loaders to keep the trails clear of tourists.

    March 31, 2016 at 11:28 pm #1050407
    rcannon100
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    @consularrider 137799 wrote:

    Please take the time to report on issues involving trails throughout the DC area,.

    Why?? Are you just bored and you want to laugh at us from the other side of the globe??

    Okay, okay, Comrade, I have one for you:

    MVT at Powerplant to be closed. Photo courtesy of the Rootchopper.

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    April 1, 2016 at 6:44 am #1050424
    consularrider
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    @rcannon100 137806 wrote:

    Why?? Are you just bored and you want to laugh at us from the other side of the globe?? …

    Nope, just trying to keep up with things that affect my home’s value. And here’s my closest intersection, small van caused the hole two days ago. :p

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    This morning they are starting work on the repair.

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    April 1, 2016 at 1:23 pm #1050439
    Tania
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    @consularrider 137824 wrote:

    small van caused the hole two days ago.

    How?!

    April 1, 2016 at 1:24 pm #1050441
    bobco85
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    @consularrider 137824 wrote:

    Nope, just trying to keep up with things that affect my home’s value. And here’s my closest intersection, small van caused the hole two days ago. :p

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    This morning they are starting work on the repair.

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    I think what you are witnessing is the natural birth of a traffic circle. It’s so beautiful (wipes tear from eye)!

    April 1, 2016 at 2:12 pm #1050448
    consularrider
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    @Tania 137839 wrote:

    How?!

    JDA (just driving along), may have been a water main break under the road surface eroding from within (you know how those reds used to try and infiltrate everything).

    April 4, 2016 at 7:24 pm #1050529
    DrP
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    1. All this year I have noticed that ALL the vegetation anywhere near the power lines has been cut back, not just tree limbs or nearby trees. Shrubbery, scrub-like brush and everything. I understand the trees (but not how they actually trim them, so cruel when other shaping techniques can be used), but why everything else? Anyone know why? Just easier access to the wires? removing invasive plants? Just because they can?

    2. Yesterday, Sunday 3 April, anyone know why there was a car crash on the W&OD in Vienna near the old train station? Nothing was there on the way out (8:30am-ish), but later (10:30am-ish, I think), there was a tow truck pulling out a car. The cop stopping people from entering the trail only knew that they had to pull the car off, but not what happened. I suppose someone was driving on the trail or somehow doing doughnuts and missed in the closed section of the neighboring parking lot. If anyone knows, I would be curious to find out. I cannot yet find through a web search.

    April 4, 2016 at 8:37 pm #1050530
    bentbike33
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    @DrP 137941 wrote:

    1. All this year I have noticed that ALL the vegetation anywhere near the power lines has been cut back, not just tree limbs or nearby trees. Shrubbery, scrub-like brush and everything. I understand the trees (but not how they actually trim them, so cruel when other shaping techniques can be used), but why everything else? Anyone know why? Just easier access to the wires? removing invasive plants? Just because they can?

    Definitely “Just because they can.” This seems to be (the) DOMINION’s approximately decennial W&OD right-of-way desertification program. My mother deals with a power line easement on her property in another state, and the contractors have the exact same “must destroy everything on our path” mentality.

    At least in my interactions, the guys working the W&OD have been courteous to trail users.

    April 5, 2016 at 11:47 am #1050563
    bentbike33
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    Petal flurries, that is, although with these temperatures…

    Dry winds should keep accumulations to a minimum. Don’t forget your sunglasses or other eye protection.

    April 5, 2016 at 12:33 pm #1050564
    americancyclo
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    @DrP 137941 wrote:

    1. All this year I have noticed that ALL the vegetation anywhere near the power lines has been cut back, not just tree limbs or nearby trees. Shrubbery, scrub-like brush and everything. I understand the trees (but not how they actually trim them, so cruel when other shaping techniques can be used), but why everything else? Anyone know why? Just easier access to the wires? removing invasive plants? Just because they can?

    2. Yesterday, Sunday 3 April, anyone know why there was a car crash on the W&OD in Vienna near the old train station? Nothing was there on the way out (8:30am-ish), but later (10:30am-ish, I think), there was a tow truck pulling out a car. The cop stopping people from entering the trail only knew that they had to pull the car off, but not what happened. I suppose someone was driving on the trail or somehow doing doughnuts and missed in the closed section of the neighboring parking lot. If anyone knows, I would be curious to find out. I cannot yet find through a web search.

    You could always try reaching out on Twitter https://twitter.com/nova_parks

    April 5, 2016 at 3:25 pm #1050573
    bobco85
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    Saw this yesterday on the Arlington Blvd Trail (south side) just east of Carlin Springs Rd:

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    This is what it looked like before: https://goo.gl/maps/B11E2Am8tD32

    The asphalt portion of the sidewalk was sinking which left the concrete drain sticking up a few inches which made for an awkward bump.

    I am happy this is being fixed, but I am not happy that there is no guidance to getting around this. Pedestrians/cyclists are forced into the street (an on-ramp coming from Carlin Springs Rd) without any signage or cones that could make things safer or more visible to drivers.

    I posted this to the VDOT NoVa Twitter, but will also submit using the ArlingtonVA app.

    April 6, 2016 at 8:54 pm #1050641
    TwoWheelsDC
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    So VDOT has been filling potholes…problem is they’re pouring in asphalt and then dumping loose gravel over the top (presumably as some kind of chipseal), and the mounds are big enough to easily catch a wheel. Also, the gravel is getting spread all over the road, which is not so bad if you hit it straight on, but if you hit the stuff on a corner at a decent rate of speed, you’re gonna have a bad time.

    April 7, 2016 at 4:44 am #1050650
    consularrider
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    Just after they filled the hole at Pavlivska and Turhenievska with gravel and readied it for paving, an adjacent section started to collapse yesterday. That was a real mess as I headed out for my ride and lunch. When I got home three hours later traffic was backed up for blocks and it looked as though they were going to totally reconstruct the manhole.

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    I have been happy to see that the Kyiv pothole patrols are out and making patches. One practice here is that they will frequently square off the hole before patching. I guess it is kind of like you dentist cleaning out the tooth decay before putting in filling.

    April 19, 2016 at 2:37 pm #1051041
    Crickey7
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    For those who do not belong to the Capital Crescent Trail Users Facebook page but still ride it, MoCo park police continue their speed enforcement efforts on the trail. After a week or so off, they were out there again this morning ticketing riders approaching the Dalecarlia Tunnel. Seems to be only in the morning.

    April 19, 2016 at 3:13 pm #1051046
    ian74
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    For anyone riding the Mount Vernon Trail, they did some work on the ramp that exits the airport, crosses the MVT and runs to the parkway. They seem to have taken the road surface down a significant amount. At this point be aware when crossing the ramp and there are now two pretty jarring bumps where the trail drops down to the road surface.

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