The Arlington Boulevard Trail is one of the oldest in Northern Virginia, having first opened in 1974, but even back then there was always a discontinuous section at the Day's Inn just south of Pershing Avenue. With that property being reviewed for a Special General Land Use Plan there's an opportunity to move the trail out of the parking lot and onto a real trail.
The trail currently is a painted dual-direction bike lane on Wainwright Road. It's OK for cycling but not great and even worse for pedestrians.
One of the draft principles of the plan is to "Improve the Arlington Boulevard Trail in this location, ensuring trail connectivity and safety, while providing improved landscaping appropriate for trail edges."
A shared-use path through here would make better use of the land, and be in keeping with the Public Spaces Master Plan. The next LRPC meeting will take place on January 27th
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