New Spur

The new spur - all 125' of it - off of the Ledge Loop is complete. It's blazed with orange flagging for now. Enjoy!

Spur Relo

During the past week, the westerly end of the Ballfield Spur Trail was relocated to circumvent large amounts of downed trees. In all, about 100'-150' was relocated and blazed. The old route has been blocked off and blazing has been removed. Another small spur project is also underway at the Ledge Loop Trail. A new connection off of the southerly end of the Ledge Loop will head east and intercept the existing spur at the wall crossing to the State Hospital cartpath. The new connection eliminates having to double back over the existing spur to reach the State Hospital cartpath.The route is passable now but has not been fully cut out or blazed as of this date.

EST Work

This past week the Worcester Parks & Recreation Summer Trails Crew, under the direction of GWLT VCRanger Bob Quevillon did a large scale access and erosion control project.

The slope up from Belmont Street as the trail runs north has always been steep.

The team of four Summer Trails Crew put in erosion control water bars that double as steps and a runner on the downslope of the trail to collect erosion and level off the trail over time.

The project took about three days of concerted effort.

Great job guys!