Trollheim Bridge Cleaning on Saturday, October 10th

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October 7, 2020 at 1:09 pm #1106649

chris_s
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The GoFundMe says the campaign is “not accepting donations”

October 7, 2020 at 6:39 pm #1106651

Judd
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@chris_s 202439 wrote:

The GoFundMe says the campaign is “not accepting donations”

Doh! There’s an issue on the back end with using the Charity GoFundMe site that I’m working on resolving. Going to edit out the donation link in the interim.

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October 11, 2020 at 2:51 pm #1106663

Judd
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Great group of volunteers for Trollheim cleaning. We scrubbed the S Curve area on the bridge and the portion that leads to TR Bridge. We managed to get a lot of gunk up. If you look in the third picture you can see the difference in the deck from in front of the squeegee to the back of the squeegee.

We should have an event in the near future to perform some replacement and repair on the deck boards.

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October 11, 2020 at 3:06 pm #1106664

bikesnick
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Thank You so much cleaning.
(From someone who has fallen there.)

@Judd 202453 wrote:

Great group of volunteers for Trollheim cleaning. We scrubbed the S Curve area on the bridge and the portion that leads to TR Bridge. We managed to get a lot of gunk up. …

October 12, 2020 at 12:12 pm #1106671

Judd
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I went out again yesterday to give the boards an extra scrub and squeegee in the rain and was able to get more gunk up.

I counted bikes coming through in the rain. 21 folks made it through without any falls.

I also started on removing gunk from in between the boards after I noticed the deck wasn’t draining yesterday. Most of the gaps were sealed with twigs and decomposed leaf litter. A picture is below. I hope to get it finished at the top volunteer event.

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October 13, 2020 at 4:27 pm #1106675

ChristoB50
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Fantastic! Any update on the GoFundMe issue?

October 16, 2020 at 2:27 pm #1106690

Judd
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@ChristoB50 202469 wrote:

Fantastic! Any update on the GoFundMe issue?

We are back up at https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-crash-free-trollheim

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November 12, 2020 at 4:06 pm #1106768

huskerdont
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Way late, but I threw a few in. Saw the article on ArlNow.

I haven’t been by here much lately b/c not much has been going on, then I got logged out and could never seem to log back in. It’s the Internet’s fault, I’m sure. ;0

November 13, 2020 at 2:57 pm #1106776

Judd
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@huskerdont 202607 wrote:

Way late, but I threw a few in. Saw the article on ArlNow.

I haven’t been by here much lately b/c not much has been going on, then I got logged out and could never seem to log back in. It’s the Internet’s fault, I’m sure. ;0

Saw your name come through yesterday on the GoFundMe. Thank you for your support and the positive comments in the commenter section.

November 13, 2020 at 5:21 pm #1106775

Judd
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I just added some additional volunteer events. We’re getting started on the next problematic bridge by the power plant in Alexandria. This is the bridge with the chain link fencing enclosing it and the zig zags that make it hard to see oncoming traffic. The bridge is currently being swallowed by kudzu making the sight lines even worse and increasing the potential for damage from the weight of the vines. The new events will be for removing these vines.

Full event list at:
https://mountvernontrail.org/events/

November 18, 2020 at 9:15 pm #1106802

Judd
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Volunteers reattached loose boards on Trollheim last Saturday. We got about half of the bridge done and put in around 400 screws. We also hammered down any nail pops. We also swept all the leaves off the bridge.

Board replacement will occur tomorrow before a final event on 12/6 to fix the remaining loose deck boards.

To support ongoing bridge work on the Mount Vernon Trail, support the GoFundMe at https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-crash-free-trollheim

All volunteer events are posted at MountVernonTrail.org/events

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