Hey peeps,

Does anyone know anything about the loop seemingly long under development that is to be located north of Rail at WWC?  I saw last weekend that a bunch of new trail had been built over Winter under the power lines adjacent to Academy and was surprised to see this since the loop near Rail still shows as under development on the trail map.

Thanks!

Maybe things will be done by the time River Jam gets here.

Thinking the newly opened Chili Dog trail off Tributary has been the focus recently.

Trail Junky wrote on 09/09/22 at 8:26am:


I included Chili Dog in my ride yesterday, and this is a worthy add-on.  A great thing about this option is that only about 30 feet of Tributary is lost when Chili Dog is taken.  I saw that even more trail is being added off Tributary along it northern stretch.  Work was underway yesterday, and much flagging can be seen through the trees.  This either starts or stops at the connector Tributary has with the Parkway trail.  I did notice the other end of the flag line.

I'd like to see Academy get an extension/reroute that brings the rider up to Belmeade with a connector that drops the rider on to the sidewalk so that we don't have to ride so much asphalt to get to the street crossing that takes us out to Panda and onward to Smokey and Bandit.

I also wish these forums weren't now such a void of activity.  It feels like a ghost town around here.

Got a chance to ride Chii Dog this past weekend, did it & Trib. twice(+ others). So, obviously I liked it but best part is first 10-15 seconds imo, 90% of the rest of it felt like mostly climbing. Still a fun trail.

Yup.  If only the club officers and committed heads did we'd really be somewhere. 

Update: The trail north of and across the tracks from Rail (Spider Wart) is still in the plan and work should start soon (potential of 3+ miles).  I've hiked the new trail north of Tributary a few times and it's nice and flowy, less painful and more fun vs. Chili Dog, it should open in the next few days hopefully (1.9 miles or so).

Nice work WWC!

This trail has been on the main trail map for years. From what I have heard and understand, the problem has always been that part of the trail will need to cross the railroad, and they could not get permission - or were refusing to negotiate - to allow this. Glad to hear that work might start soon; they probably felt pressured to start building trails again with the loss of Tortuga and half of Thread.

Trail Junky wrote on 11/10/22 at 7:54am:


I believe Thread will be rerouted in some way, but Tortuga is gone. There's a water treatment plant being built back there and the trail is on their property now. Definitely sad to see it go as my favorite route to lap there was Tortuga into Needle and back.

I now see elsewhere on the site that it is 2026, not 2025.


When will this project be operational? Collapse

The Stowe Regional WRRF is scheduled for completion in 2026. Charlotte Water is carefully going through each project phase to ensure delivery of the most efficient treatment facility for our community.