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Poor drainage along the Wissahickon Bike Trail has been causing the trail to become a water hazard and then, later, a mud bog. The picture is from several months ago, just after a spring flood.
Since the trail was renovated in 2007 with $1.4 million (federal funding), it would seem that there has been little or no maintenance to the bikeway by the city. Vegetation grows out over the path in the summer, and mud and leaves narrow the trail in many sections, dangerously crowding together the mix of cyclists, runners, and walkers.
This drainage problem is another example of the poor design and construction of the renovation, and the lack of maintenance since then. Other sections of the trail are too low and frequently flood, first leaving a pool of water and then leaving a covering of thick mud. It is located across from Wissahickon Hall (Lincoln Drive and Gypsy Lane).
Similar problems exist on the recently renovated, and also poorly designed and constructed Manayunk Canal path.
Other open issues nearby issue are:
http://seeclickfix.com/issues/951783
https://seeclickfix.com/issues/1074714-fallen-tree-across-wissahickon-bike-trail
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ChuckWagon (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
ChuckWagon (Isticmaale Diiwaangashan)
06/05/2014 A volunteer from the biking community spent several hours shoveling the mud off the trail. Could the city come up with a PERMANENT solution or at least get the mud cleaned up?
Maybe Mayor Nutter could get a few of the tens of thousands of Philadelphians - who receive unearned “entitlements” for doing NOTHING - to do a little volunteer work.
As JFK said “And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country.”.