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Am told this has been fixed. Will investigate tonight.

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Careful coming down the ramp off the Route 50 bridge by TJ Middle School in Arlington. Someone has dragged the landscaping timbers across the trail (from the driveway at the bottom). These are several bolted together. Too big for me to move.
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The situation has been reported to the County.

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Just heard from County Parks that repair work on the W&OD tunnel under Wilson Blvd is complete and tunnel is open. If someone could post a pic, that’d be swell.

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@ChristoB50 193492 wrote:

Joined the 5:30am setup team. Will we get a guidance/instruction email (who to meet with upon arrival, etc) prior to that morning, or just show up at the plaza and find someone official-looking? -C

I will send an email with instructions prior. But given that we are dealing with up to 3 detours, you may need to do some improvising. I’ll be preriding sections throughout the week, so hopefully there won’t be (m)any surprises.

Everyone else, if you can help, please note we have over 75 families signed up, which is great, but primarily need help keeping them on the Loop.

Here’s the volunteer signup link again.

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Pics please!!

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Sharing the follow-up email from the County sent to to those interested in the project. On a personal note, I went early to the public meeting at W-L on Wednesday May 29 and witnessed pretty strong home-owner opposition to the project. If you support these, I suggest you weigh in at every opportunity, because I am confident they will.

From the County:

Hello there,

I wanted to follow-up with you about the Ballston-Cherrydale Mulitmodal Improvements project. As noted, N Quincy Street between the I-66 overpass and Fairfax Drive will be repaved and remarked in Summer 2019. Arlington’s routine maintenance and repaving program offers a low-cost opportunity to improve the safety of our streets, and staff have developed three concept plans for the Ballston-Cherrydale Multimodal Safety Improvement project.

If you or other community members were unable to attend the open house last week, the proposed concepts and meeting materials are posted on the project page. We invite you to review the materials and provide your feedback via our online tool until June 28.

I appreciate your help in sharing this information with your community and neighbors. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions,

Erin

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Connolly’s Run (Ain’t Payin’ Tolls) or CRAPT Trail.

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@dasgeh 190050 wrote:

That link isn’t updated. In fact, I haven’t seen the version of the Bike Element that was adopted (i.e. with the changes made at the dias). Any idea when that will be up?

Ritch told me they were making sure they got the amendments correct and would be publishing soon. I poke him again.

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@chris_s 189823 wrote:

You sure? I am relatively certain that this is NOT the case here. In my experience this is only when covering consent agenda items that have been pulled for a hearing.

You are correct. I fixed it in the original post. I was thinking of the consent agenda process.

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BikeArlington and DES just got a release saying this goes into effect TOMORROW, April 19:

RELEASE: IMMEDIATE April 18, 2019

CONTACT:

Michelle T. Holland
703-586-0487
Michelle.Holland@VDOT.Virginia.Gov

W&OD TRAIL DETOURS IN ARLINGTON BEGIN TOMORROW FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TRAIL BRIDGE OVER ROUTE 29
Custis Trail detour near Bon Air Park begins in May
for I-66 Eastbound Widening Project

FAIRFAX, Va. – Detours begin Friday, April 19, 2019, on the Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) Trail for construction of a new trail bridge over Route 29 (Lee Highway) near the Arlington-Falls Church line. Additionally, the Custis Trail will be detoured beginning in May where it passes under I-66 near Bon Air Park in Arlington due to I-66 widening construction above the trail. Both detours are expected to last until fall 2020.

Details include:

Washington & Old Dominion Trail Bridge Detour at Lee Highway in Arlington (April 19, 2019, to Fall 2020)

On April 19, 2019, the W&OD Trail will close between Little Falls Street and Lee Highway (near mile marker 5.5) and for a short portion on the east side of Lee Highway.

• Pedestrians will be detoured to the north on Little Falls Street, then turn right on Fairfax Drive to reach the signalized crosswalk for Lee Highway. Sidewalk is available for this entire detour.
• Cyclists will be detoured to the south on Little Falls Street, turn left on West Jefferson Street to reach Lee Highway, then turn left on Lee Highway to the signalized crosswalk. Most of Jefferson Street does not have sidewalk.
• On the east side of Lee Highway, trail users will be shifted to nearby Fairfax Drive for about 200 feet. This portion of Fairfax Drive will be closed to vehicle traffic.

A new bridge is being built for the W&OD Trail over Route 29. This bridge will provide trail users a safer crossing at this busy intersection. Upwards of 2,000 people use the trail in this area near mile marker 5.5 on peak days. The bridge is expected to open in fall 2020.

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Custis Trail I-66 Underpass Detour Near Bon Air Park
(May 6, 2019 to Fall 2020)

On May 6, 2019, weather permitting, the Custis Trail will close where it passes under I-66 near Bon Air Park in Arlington.

• Trail users will be detoured to cross over I-66 using an existing pedestrian bridge about 750 feet east of the underpass. The bridge can also be accessed from N. Fairfax Drive near Kensington Street.
• The detour will be marked and uses existing paved trails.

An additional lane is being added to I-66 East between the Dulles Connector Road and Fairfax Drive / Glebe Road (Exit 71). Extensive work will occur on the bridge that runs above the trail, which requires the underpass to be closed for safety. As part of the construction, the Custis Trail alignment will be shifted slightly south, improving visibility and safety for trail users. Work is expected to be complete by fall 2020.

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W&OD Trail Bridge construction and I-66 Eastbound Widening are components of the Transform 66 Inside the Beltway Eastbound Widening Project. The I-66 Eastbound Widening Project will add a travel lane along four miles of eastbound I-66 and install approximately 12,000 linear feet of new and replacement noise barriers. The project also includes constructing a new direct access ramp from eastbound I-66 to the West Falls Church Metro Station at the Route 7 interchange. Learn more about the project at inside.transform66.org.

The additional eastbound lane is scheduled to open to traffic in fall 2020, and the overall project is expected to be complete in fall 2021.

Follow VDOT Northern Virginia on Twitter: @vadotnova.

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Saris has discontinued their “Staples” model of bike racks in favor of the new “Dominoes” model.

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Still there two days later. Do I get points?

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Our forum software vendor installed some updates. Are you still getting the error messages?

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Thanks. First I’m hearing about it. Will look into it. Henry

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Since it was the Hardest of Times, we didn’t dare ask what was in the new chili recipe.

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