Summer on the pathway     Photo Dean Bates

Saturday Morning Trail Crew is Needed

WHEN: Saturday, August 7th, 2010 from 9 AM to 12PM.

LOCATION: Please meet at the County Road 47 trail head parking lot in Hopewell.

GOALS: We will clean out an old stone masonry culvert, and prepare the area for excavation of backfill behind the stone retaining walls associated with the culvert. Cleaning the culvert will involve removing a number of railroad ties that are currently clogging it. At a later date we will repair these walls. This is a historic structure and it is well worth our attention to see it work for another hundred years.

You may bring your tools or use the ones provided by Ontario Pathways.
Please bring water, work gloves, safety glasses and hearing protection if you have them.

A snack will be provided (apples, bananas, and cookies).
The work detail for July was attended by Andy Spittal, Kevin Reynolds, Tony Mittiga, and Bob Middlebrook.

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Flint Bridge knocked out!

On June 30, 2010, the Ontario Pathways bridge over Routes 5&20 at Flint was hit by a truck and knocked off its abutments. The bridge was removed and has been placed in storage.

Fencing and signs have been placed on the trail to alert trail users of the gap that now exists in that section.

The Ontario Pathways Board is working to assess options for replacing the bridge, so that we can restore the 23-mile continuous trail access that trail users have enjoyed since early 2007. At this time we do not know how long it will take, but you can be sure that we will work diligently to get the bridge replaced, and will periodically post updates on this site.

 

 


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New trail access from NY Rt 488 now open near Orleans!

Ontario Pathways has been granted an easement to cross the Jones property between the trail and Rt 488. Since this is private property, please stay on the trail. Parking is available in the nearby hamlet of Orleans.

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