With the good news that Montgomery County will build a new Capital Crescent Trail Tunnel, and the bad news that the trail extension is almost surely delayed, one might ask about the surface route that should already be done really. This 3 block long project has been moving excruciatingly slow and will be done in two phases. Phase one will go from the current end of the trail east to Elm Street Park using a cycle track along Woodmont Avenue from Miller Avenue to Montgomery Lane. Construction for this section was supposed to start last summer, and finish by now according to a story in January. The second phase goes north-south between Willow and Elm and will eventually connect to the end of the Purple Line section of the trail. That was to be done in summer of 2021. Not sure why it's been delayed and the project website isn't much help.
Also, NPS has approved a plan to improve access to Fletcher’s Cove.
“Anyone who has visited Fletcher’s Cove knows how tricky it can be to get down the narrow ramp to the parking lot,” Superintendent Tina M. Cappetta said. “The new, wider, two-way entrance for drivers will provide a safer, more direct connection between Fletcher’s Cove and Canal Road, and the new pedestrian and bicyclist crossing near the existing entrance will improve access from the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath and the Capital Crescent Trail.”
No idea when that will happen though.
This is also pretty old news, but starting this past spring, Montgomery County has been closing part of Little Falls Parkway on the weekend to make room for active users and take pressure off the Capital Crescent Trail. They're also closing part of Sligo Creek Parkway and Beach Drive, and other streets by request.
Also, did you hear about the guy who lost it on some kids putting up Black Lives Matter flyers on the trail. Well, he was arrested and Charged with assault.
In an immediate apology, released through his lawyers, Brennan said, “I am sick with remorse for the pain and fear I caused the victims on the trail, and online.”
Update: And pleaded guilty
Anthony Brennan III, of Kensington, pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of second-degree assault for the June 1 incident, which was captured in a viral video by one of the victims.
In a virtual hearing, Brennan admitted to grabbing flyers and a roll of blue painter’s tape from the arm of a 19-year-old woman, taunting the trio, and eventually charging his bicycle at an 18-year-old man, knocking him down as the victim videotaped the assaults.
He was sentenced to 3 years of probation, of which the first is supervised. If Brennan re-offends, he can be sentenced to up to three years in prison. He blamed his conduct on alcoholism and years of mounting frustration with life.
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