On Wednesday, May 30, and Thursday, May 31, the City of Alexandria will close a portion of the Four Mile Run Trail for crack repairs. This work was originally slated for May 16 and 17, but was rescheduled due to weather conditions.
The work will begin near the trail entrance on Commonwealth Avenue and end just before the bridge over the Four Mile Run tributary. A map of the affected area and alternative routes can be viewed both below and online. The work is expected to be completed by the end of the day on May 31, weather permitting.
For more information, please visit alexandriava.gov/92893. For questions or concerns, please contact Call.Click.Connect staff at 703.746.HELP (4357).
Hats off (or helmets) to Alexandria for this - the gaps in the asphalt along here are bad, but not any worse than one finds on many of the area trails and happily they are going to do something to correct it.
About a decade ago, the NPS ground down many of the bumps on the Mt Vernon Trail and then filled in any gaps with some asphalt glop. The result was, for a while, an improved trail. Unfortunately the glop gives way, water gets in, there is freezing that pushes asphalt back up in places, and so on. There seems to be an assumption that an asphalt trail is maintenance free. Much less is required than an asphalt roadway, but occasionally some work helps.
Posted by: Michael Neubert | May 26, 2018 at 04:17 PM
"There seems to be an assumption that an asphalt trail is maintenance free."
haha. it's more than an assumption...
Posted by: Larry | May 26, 2018 at 10:32 PM