The Sidewalk That Eats Ankles
A portion of the sidewalk/trail at Pioneers Park will get a facelift thanks to a $148,800 grant from Nebraska Game & Parks. Thank goodness.
The sidewalk has been up for rehabilitation for quite a while. Heck, portions of it were in sad shape back when I used to ride my bike to the park as a kid. I do some running at Pioneers Park and it’s generally much easier to run either on the streets or cross country rather than on the crumbling, unlevel sidewalk.
I see that a portion of the work will “level the trail to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act”. Leveling will be great, but I wonder if they’ll also modify some of the steep portions of the path. Those portions, though far from ideal for the casual user, are also kind of fun.
Speaking of Pioneers Park, I spent quite a bit of time running out there recently. I was running for mileage so I ran all over the park. I tell you what, people use every square inch of that park, and they do some unusual things in some of the less-accessible portions. I didn’t witness anything particularly naughty—except for the grinning fellow who probably wasn’t smoking tobacco—but boy, you’ve got to watch out that you don’t accidentally step on a napper’s head or interfere with a dog’s game of Smell Everything! when you come around just about every corner.
The Comments
Karin Dalziel says Now if they could just January 25, 2012 at 9:24am
Now if they could just get the old van dorn bridge fixed so I can take bison trail to pioneers park again.
MattF says The bridge was mentioned at January 25, 2012 at 9:50am
The bridge was mentioned at the end of the linked article - the way the article is written, it sounds like there’s $400,000 available for the bridge replacement, from three different sources. Sounds like a lot, but I haven’t bought any bridges for a while. Also a reminder of why I need to join GPTN.
beerorkid says The roller coaster track is January 25, 2012 at 10:07am
The roller coaster track is awesome riding when wilderness is to wet to ride. What do they mean by leveling it? I am guessing eliminating any steep grades.