W&OD closure under Wilson

[dasgeh]

Hi all,

Giving this a thread so we can find it in the future.

On July 8, 2019, there was a freak rain storm that flooded parts of Arlington, including many of the streams, and damaged some infrastructure. Roads were damaged and repaired within a week (we’re trying to get cost info from the County).

The W&OD under Wilson was damaged, and was closed to through traffic. Many people just moved cones and kept walking/riding through. The official detour involved going to Wilson, jogging over to the light, then jogging back to the trail. Where the trail hits Wilson is an unmarked, legal crosswalk, so some folks did that. There were reports of drivers no yielding to people in the unmarked crosswalk and running the red when people using the crosswalk had the pedestrian light.

As of the August BAC meeting, County staff had neither a time nor cost estimate for repairs. The list of infrastructure that needed repair that DPR put on the internet did not include the W&OD trail. Staff said engineers were beginning to assess the damage.

At the September BAC meeting, County staff said they had a cost estimate for the repair: it would cost $140k, which would be taken immediately from trail maintenance funds (which hopefully could be replenished from other sources). They did not have estimates as to when the work would be done/completed.

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[arlcxrider]

We’re still waiting on the replacement of the bridge at the north end of Lubber Run Park that was declared “structurally unsound” in late 2018 and closed to foot and bicycle traffic. In an ironic turn of events, it’s the only footbridge in the park to have survived the deluge on July 8, 2019. “Sometime” this spring, we’re told.

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