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  • May 16, 2014 at 6:35 pm #1001554
    kcb203
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    @dasgeh 85614 wrote:

    Hmmmm, that tree wasn’t there at 8:59am…

    I went through at about 8:25 and it was there, with an orange cone on each side as warning.

    May 17, 2014 at 1:59 am #1001598
    PotomacCyclist
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    @mstone 85619 wrote:

    you didn’t read the fine print? helmets aren’t designed to protect against that sort of injury.

    What if the helmet comes with front-mounted laser beams?

    May 17, 2014 at 5:05 am #1001604
    cvcalhoun
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    Rock Creek Trail is currently under Rock Creek in spots between K Street and the National Zoo.

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    May 18, 2014 at 6:48 pm #1001633
    mstone
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    W&OD around Ashburn has circling police helicopter, sheriff’s deputies walking the trail, sheriffs in golf carts, and a car just passed me with lights flashing.

    Oh, and there’s gravel all over the trail in various spots, some of them fairly dangerous. Keep your eyes open and don’t outrun your ability to react.

    May 19, 2014 at 12:45 pm #1001650
    consularrider
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    This morning two of the slab fords on the 4MRT between Glencarlyn and Columbia Pike were flooded with about four inches of water. Friday’s rain carried enough sand, gravel, etc to block the channels under the slabs, so the water backed up and then was running over the pavement. Also, someone has placed large rocks along the downstream edge of the slabs, I assume to keep people back from the edge is they use the fords.

    May 19, 2014 at 3:28 pm #1001669
    skins_brew
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    Anyone got any intel on the Lake Artemesia/WMATA/CSX underpass?

    On Saturday, the Lake Artemesia gate was chained up and locked, and the underpass was a muddy mess. I am assuming that gate was locked due to the mess.

    May 19, 2014 at 3:41 pm #1001671
    drevil
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    @skins_brew 85788 wrote:

    Anyone got any intel on the Lake Artemesia/WMATA/CSX underpass?

    On Saturday, the Lake Artemesia gate was chained up and locked, and the underpass was a muddy mess. I am assuming that gate was locked due to the mess.

    On Friday morning’s BTWD commute, I tried to pass through there (coming from the lake side), and my wheels were completely underwater within 3 seconds :)

    Yesterday, there was a little mud in the tunnel and around it, but it was rideable.

    May 19, 2014 at 3:42 pm #1001672
    JustinW
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    On the Holmes Run trail in Alexandria, just west of the Holmes Run crossing that sometimes (like now) is covered by water, there’s a stretch from 395 to the crossing where the embankment is concrete and there are numerous water channels running down in, and most go under the trail in little conduits. One of the covers for a conduit must have been washed away, as there’s now a 6 or 8 inch cut in the pathway perpendicular to the pathway. Drop a wheel in there and you won’t have a great day. Bunny hops are an option…but fixing it is a better option. Who to contact about that, Alex. Parks?

    May 19, 2014 at 3:45 pm #1001673
    skins_brew
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    @drevil 85790 wrote:

    On Friday morning’s BTWD commute, I tried to pass through there (coming from the lake side), and my wheels were completely underwater within 3 seconds :)

    Yesterday, there was a little mud in the tunnel and around it, but it was rideable.

    Was the gate locked though? The gate was chained and had a padlock on Saturday morning.

    May 19, 2014 at 3:59 pm #1001676
    cyclingfool
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    @JustinW 85791 wrote:

    On the Holmes Run trail in Alexandria, just west of the Holmes Run crossing that sometimes (like now) is covered by water, there’s a stretch from 395 to the crossing where the embankment is concrete and there are numerous water channels running down in, and most go under the trail in little conduits. One of the covers for a conduit must have been washed away, as there’s now a 6 or 8 inch cut in the pathway perpendicular to the pathway. Drop a wheel in there and you won’t have a great day. Bunny hops are an option…but fixing it is a better option. Who to contact about that, Alex. Parks?

    The Alexandria City Bike Map lists 703.838.4340 as the Parks and Rec number to call to report trail issues. Or online at http://www.AlexandriaVa.gov/ContactUs If you want to send something electronic to an actual person and not a web-bot, you could try Carrie Sanders (Carrie.Sanders –at– alexandriava.gov). She’s the city’s principal bike planner and liaises with BPAC as well. At the very least, she’d forward your report to the right people at P&R if it’s not something she can address directly.

    May 19, 2014 at 4:04 pm #1001677
    Greenbelt
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    NE branch trail was clean and dry this morning. Only a little bit of sand under Alt Route 1.

    May 19, 2014 at 4:29 pm #1001680
    drevil
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    @skins_brew 85792 wrote:

    Was the gate locked though? The gate was chained and had a padlock on Saturday morning.

    Nope, not locked. We were able to ride through yesterday.

    May 20, 2014 at 7:38 pm #1001852
    scorchedearth
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    @cyclingfool 85795 wrote:

    The Alexandria City Bike Map lists 703.838.4340 as the Parks and Rec number to call to report trail issues. Or online at http://www.AlexandriaVa.gov/ContactUs If you want to send something electronic to an actual person and not a web-bot, you could try Carrie Sanders (Carrie.Sanders –at– alexandriava.gov). She’s the city’s principal bike planner and liaises with BPAC as well. At the very least, she’d forward your report to the right people at P&R if it’s not something she can address directly.

    Do a Call.Click.Connect to Parks and Rec, Alexandria. They are usually pretty responsive to such requests.

    May 21, 2014 at 3:05 pm #1001941
    CaseyKane50
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    With the recent discussion on the alternate trail under the Humpback Bridge, I was intrigued when I saw this sign this morning.

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    Following the path under the bridge, I found a NPS crew mowing the grass.

    May 21, 2014 at 3:15 pm #1001945
    CaseyKane50
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    @JustinW 85791 wrote:

    On the Holmes Run trail in Alexandria, just west of the Holmes Run crossing that sometimes (like now) is covered by water, there’s a stretch from 395 to the crossing where the embankment is concrete and there are numerous water channels running down in, and most go under the trail in little conduits. One of the covers for a conduit must have been washed away, as there’s now a 6 or 8 inch cut in the pathway perpendicular to the pathway. Drop a wheel in there and you won’t have a great day. Bunny hops are an option…but fixing it is a better option. Who to contact about that, Alex. Parks?

    A City crew was working on the sand pile that had covered the trail at the eastern end of Holmes Run. I don’t know if they were going to be heading down to deal with other issues on the trail.

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