Community Path extension is sort of open now

[ron_newman]

Some time in the past few days, the Community Path extension was fully paved from Cedar Street to just beyond Lowell Street. They've taken away the chain-link gates and the "Construction Area - No Trespassing" signs at the Cedar Street end, so people are now walking (and walking their dogs) on the new pavement.

The path entrances from Maxwell's Green are still blocked by chain-link fencing, but there are gaps in the fences that appear to have been deliberately left open.

The path currently dead-ends past the Lowell Street bridge, because they haven't yet built the U-turn ramp up to the bridge. (Are they also planning to build a stairway? I can't quite tell.) There is no fence or railing yet to protect you from walking off the edge and tumbling down the hill to the railroad tracks. Also, no lighting has been installed yet, and a lot of landscaping is still in progress.

Comments

[intuition-ist.livejournal.com]

I dunno, if I were in a particular mood I might go put up a "here be dragons" sign about where the end of the pavement is by lowell street. or someone else could. :)

[ceo]

Or, more practically, "Here be speeding commuter rail trains".

[avjudge]

My husband walked by there on Saturday (on his way from the Vernon Street area to Davis) and happened on a "grand opening" sort of thing with the mayor & cake. I hadn't seen any announcement of such an event.

[ron_newman]

That event, at Lexington Park, was originally scheduled for September 6 but was postponed to the 20th because of rain. It was a celebration of the Community Path, but not an actual opening or ribbon-cutting.

[avjudge]

Ah, apparently my husband was, as so often happens, confused. :-)

After he told me about what he thought he'd seen, I was surprised that evening to find the fence still up along Maxwells Green, and the asphalt so fresh that it still smelled hot. (The openings in the fence there looked to me to be unofficial.) This would explain it.

[she-of-emeralds.livejournal.com]

If there was cake, I think they should have invited us.