09-09-2016, 02:45 PM
(09-09-2016, 01:11 PM)goggolor Wrote:(09-09-2016, 12:16 PM)Canard Wrote: A bit rough, perhaps, but certainly not out of commission. I don't know what it looked like prior to construction (I only became a cyclist in May), but I've used it a couple of times a week since then and it's never been closed. I haven't been over there since Sunday though so I'm not sure where things are at.
Yes, I've used it too... but it's officially out of commission, and there are bike detour signs directing cyclists through the adjacent parking lot. Even Google Maps has that span marked as "Laurel Trail (Planned)". It's just weird that it's been left unpaved all summer when it's such a key part of the cycling infrastructure.
This is part of the problem with the way the project has been conducted. The Laurel trail was kept closed months longer than needed — after the main track work was done and nothing whatsoever was happening, the barriers were still up for months. Then eventually they were removed, so that now there is absolutely no indication that the trail is closed, if indeed it actually is (the existence of detour signs in a location does not indicate that not following the detour signs is entering on closed territory; the detour could be for anything). But of course it hasn’t been re-paved yet, as you note. I don’t find it particularly weird, however — the double standard that applies to active transportation infrastructure is well known.
Then the last few days the Seagram crossing has been closed, including the sidewalks, contrary to at least some of the information that has been sent out. So naturally they opened the crossing immediately south of Seagram station platform, right? Wrong! Although this morning it was open enough that people were taking it.
And while I’m complaining about that location, the park crossing should be moved about 10m further south so as not to be in the gauntlet track segment.