09-20-2017, 02:00 PM
(09-20-2017, 10:11 AM)urbd Wrote:(09-19-2017, 10:58 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: I saw them installing these curb and reflective pieces today on both sides of King where the spur line rail crosses. I guess it is to try and stop people from driving/walking/cycling along the rails?
Incorrect. The Region sees this portion of rail as the unofficial connection from the Spur Line Trail to the Laurel Trail (that's why it is paved now), so walking and cycling along the rails won't be prevented or discouraged during the day.
Unofficial? The Laurel trail runs down parallel to the track through Waterloo Park, across Erb and Caroline, then parallel to the track to King, between the buildings to Regina, then next to the track until it crosses the creek (where it meets the Spur Line trail), and continues north parallel to the creek. Furthermore it has done so for many years. Check the City trail map. The space between the buildings has had snow cleared during the winter for at least the last several years. I don’t think there is anything unofficial about it.
That’s part of why I think the detailed design through the mall parking lot is such a screw-up. There is no obvious sign the designers even understood there is a trail going through there. To be fair, that was already true the last time it got a minor re-design a few years ago and they replaced part of what I think was supposed to be the trail with plants.