January 2019 – Road and Trail Conditions

[Tania]

It was the only part of the ride where I was happy to have forgotten to re-inflate my tires after taking this bike off the trainer. My front was *really* low.

[lordofthemark]

There was, yes, a porta-potty down on the 4MRT where you turn downhill from Glebe to pass the construction (going EB) Be careful.

[dasgeh]

Crash at the Intersection of Doom — two cars. Looked like a black SUV had illegally turned left from the 2nd-to-the-left lane and hit a silver sedan. The cars had some nasty damage for what should have been a low speed collision and the drivers looked shaken up. Glad no people outside of cars were involved.

That + construction on Wilson made for some INSANE traffic in Rosslyn this morning and drivers acting equally insane. Up the hill, drivers decided that they could magically turn their cars into bikes and take the bike lane for 2 blocks to get to 17th.

[semperiden]

@lordofthemark 185253 wrote:

There was, yes, a porta-potty down on the 4MRT where you turn downhill from Glebe to pass the construction (going EB) Be careful.

I noticed it too when someone got out without looking when I was passing.

This section is getting worst and worst. The contractors decided to close off the sidewalk/trail in front of the shopping center without any safe accommodations. It makes someone trying to cross legally to the trail – and even a bus stop – to make a detour of at least half a mile. I don’t know if that is allowed?

[ginacico]

@semperiden 185265 wrote:

This section is getting worst and worst.

Agreed. I’ve got someone from BikeArlington on the line and have shared pictures of the obstruction. She’s communicating with the project team and we’ll try to get it rectified. It’s been that way since Christmas, and I’ve seen people doing dangerous things trying to get around. Be safe.

[semperiden]

@ginacico 185267 wrote:

Agreed. I’ve got someone from BikeArlington on the line and have shared pictures of the obstruction. She’s communicating with the project team and we’ll try to get it rectified. It’s been that way since Christmas, and I’ve seen people doing dangerous things trying to get around. Be safe.

Thanks for doing that! Let me know if it helps if I complain as well. I cross to the trail around that section. It is not a big deal because I do it on a bike, but I can see someone on foot having no other choice but crossing illegally.

[Judd]

@semperiden 185268 wrote:

Thanks for doing that! Let me know if it helps if I complain as well. I cross to the trail around that section. It is not a big deal because I do it on a bike, but I can see someone on foot having no other choice but crossing illegally.

Please contact the Arlington Project Manager Hisham Wadham at hwahdan@arlingtonva.us

I have a half drafted email about the contractor failing to maintain signage, parking vehicles on the trail unnecessarily and also driving vehicles on the trail without routing folks to the detour.

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[semperiden]

Will do. Thanks of the contact info!

[ginacico]

@Judd 185270 wrote:

Please contact the Arlington Project Manager Hisham Wadham at hwahdan@arlingtonva.us

That’s the PM for the ArlCo sewer pipe project.

Be aware that the dumpster and detour signs might belong to the Berkeley apartments construction project (if you can distinguish one obstruction from another). I just dug up their contact info as well, Mary Claire Davis (AHC, Inc.) at davismc@ahc.org.

[dasgeh]

@semperiden 185265 wrote:

I noticed it too when someone got out without looking when I was passing.

This section is getting worst and worst. The contractors decided to close off the sidewalk/trail in front of the shopping center without any safe accommodations. It makes someone trying to cross legally to the trail – and even a bus stop – to make a detour of at least half a mile. I don’t know if that is allowed?

Please get pictures. This is one of the BAC’s “priorities” for this year.

[semperiden]

@ginacico 185275 wrote:

That’s the PM for the ArlCo sewer pipe project.

Be aware that the dumpster and detour signs might belong to the Berkeley apartments construction project (if you can distinguish one obstruction from another). I just dug up their contact info as well, Mary Claire Davis (AHC, Inc.) at davismc@ahc.org.

I got a response from Mr. Wahdan that he contacted the contractor and that they said they will pick up the dumpster tomorrow. Also on an update to the sewer line:

Monday we are scheduled to start relining the sewer pipe in that location which is a continuous 4 to 5 day process ( weather permitting). the sidewalk will be closed at that location And the closest traffic lane will be closed. This is the last phase of the sewer line project. immediately after we will start removing the big black pipe which hopefully should take us about 3 to 3 1/2 weeks.

[ginacico]

@dasgeh 185278 wrote:

Please get pictures. This is one of the BAC’s “priorities” for this year.

This particular obstruction has been there since before Christmas (pics taken 12/25), but the construction zone and detour has been a pain for months.

Dumpster completely blocking trail / sidewalk to the light at Glebe & Meade. (Apparently it will be removed tomorrow.) Pedestrians and cyclists have been trying to walk around, which means either shimmying between the dumpster and a backhoe, or stepping out into the traffic lane.
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Signs closing off sidewalk. The detour is to cross Glebe at the other end of the shopping center, which is a long way and there’s no light or crosswalk; with the speed of traffic on Glebe, it’s not safe.
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Ironically there’s a fence and signage protecting a tree. Pedestrians, not so much.
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[Judd]

@semperiden 185290 wrote:

I got a response from Mr. Wahdan that he contacted the contractor and that they said they will pick up the dumpster tomorrow. Also on an update to the sewer line:

Monday we are scheduled to start relining the sewer pipe in that location which is a continuous 4 to 5 day process ( weather permitting). the sidewalk will be closed at that location And the closest traffic lane will be closed. This is the last phase of the sewer line project. immediately after we will start removing the big black pipe which hopefully should take us about 3 to 3 1/2 weeks.

Awesome! Thank you for e-mailing. I’m glad that the project is almost over and I hope all of the damage to the trail and the surrounding landscaping is repaired.

[Crickey7]

It would appear that NPS will not be clearing snow from their portion of the CCT. Be warned.

[KWL]

@Judd 185228 wrote:

Reported it. Had to get the app reloaded on the new phone and then figure out what the heck my password was.

Today, The large sheet of Plexiglass had been removed from the bike lane, but there are fairly large shards of the stuff spread starting close to the S. Glebe/Potomac Ave intersection and extending for about 100 meters. They need a street sweeper to make a pass to get it all. I’ll see if I can submit a report as well and with photos.

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