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2004 PARK BOND PROPOSAL Fairfax Trails and Streams (FTAS) has been working to develop this trail since 1991. We collectively devote about a thousand volunteer hours per year toward completing this project. This includes discussions with landowners, park staff personnel, public officials; litter cleanups, sponsoring public hikes, supervising Eagle Scout projects, research of land records, and many other tasks. The Cross County Trail is scheduled for completion in 2005. FTAS conceived of this project and strongly supports its completion. After 2005, we feel that other stream valley trails should be moved up in priority, notably the Pimmit Run Trail. Enough money should be in the bond to support completion of the trail. The most costly feature is stream crossings, which cannot fully be done with volunteers. But volunteers stand ready to help install these crossings. Each will take about 100 hours which represents FTAS’ matching contribution. Some we recommend use boulders as stepping stones; others ET Techtonics type bridges, which can be hauled to the site and built by volunteers. CROSSINGS (Upstream to Downstream):
The boulder crossings are about $15,000; the ET Techtonics bridges are about $30,000. Thus the above crossings come to 5 X $15,000 + 4 * $30,000 = $195,000. Other costs include Land Acquisition (floodplain), signage, road crossings, tributary crossings, surveying etc, we would estimate $75,000. Hence, we request a total of $270,000 for the Pimmit Run Trail. Fairfax Trails and Streams also strongly supports funding for Clarks Run Bridge in Riverbend Park, an integral part of the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail. Read more about the 2004 Park Bond Proposal. |
