The "temporary" path construction for the "long-term detour" at Four Mile Run

[KLizotte]

@DismalScientist 83402 wrote:

If you are going from the 14th Street bridge to Shirlington and beyond, I recommend you take the Eads Street detour, turn right on 23rd and left on Army Navy. You can return to the 4MRT off Four Mile Run Drive near the 395/Glebe Road interchange. Face it: You need the exercise.:rolleyes:

Alternatively, go over Humpback bridge, cut thru Columbia Island, pass thru the Pentagon Reservation to get to Columbia Pike, then take a left on to S Joyce then a right on to Army Navy Drive and head SW to Shirlington.

[DismalScientist]

@KLizotte 83437 wrote:

Alternatively, go over Humpback bridge, cut thru Columbia Island, pass thru the Pentagon Reservation to get to Columbia Pike, then take a left on to S Joyce then a right on to Army Navy Drive and head SW to Shirlington.

Well, of course, but that misses the whole point of this detour.:rolleyes:

[jonathankrall]

@elbows 83285 wrote:

If anyone is interested, there is a meeting on this project tonight.

Four Mile Run Restoration Project – Joint Task Force Meeting TONIGHT! Wednesday, April 23rd. 7 PM. The Conservancy at Four Mile Run Park, 4109 Mt. Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA. Curious what is going on with the Four Mile Run Restoration Project? There is a lot happening with the project lately! Find out the current status of the project, plans for construction, an update on the bridge removal over Four Mile Run, and learn more about the public art project on the Water Pollution Control Plant Fence. The Joint Task Force meeting will be following by the Arlandria Action Plan Advisory Group Meeting, if you would like to learn more about projects in Arlandria. http://www.novaregion.org/index.aspx?NID=214

I didn’t notice this thread until today, so it didn’t occur to me to take careful notes at the meeting. Based on my shaky memory…

– Detour should be gone by end of June, hopefully sooner.
– Switchback ramp down to trail is slated to be replaced by something better (or at least designed to last), to provide access from Potomac Ave to the trail. This should happen soon, but I don’t recall what “soon” means. The basic idea is to do this while everything else in that area is being worked over, so by the end of 2015 at the latest. Arlington is building it, so maybe the Arlington BAC has info on the design.
– The entire 4 Mile Run restoration needs to be finished by the end of 2015 (I didn’t record the exact deadline–they said “18 months”), or the money goes away. The project will cause occasional trail disruptions on the Arlington side (moving equipment back and forth across the trail) but no trail closures.
– On the Alexandria side there will be a months-long trail closure and detour, but I didn’t notice the time line. The closed area will be near Mt Vernon Ave and the detour will connect the existing trail over to Bruce Street.

[elbows]

@chris_s 83391 wrote:

Hey elbows, where did you see that the Task Force was meeting? I can’t find any notice on their web page.

Sorry for the slow response. Was traveling. After your query, I looked and noticed that the webpage was wrong. I asked the staff I got the email from. She said that they would try to post the presentation on the webpage for those who missed it but I see that jonathankrall has posted some helpful notes below.

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