{"id":127,"date":"2009-07-15T18:41:37","date_gmt":"2009-07-15T23:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/about-bicycles.com\/bike-blog\/?p=127"},"modified":"2009-07-28T18:01:05","modified_gmt":"2009-07-28T23:01:05","slug":"algonquin-road-paul-douglas-bike-trail-conditions-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/about-bicycles.com\/bike-blog\/?p=127","title":{"rendered":"Algonquin Road \/ Paul Douglas Bike Trail Conditions – 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

SEE COMMENTS TO THIS POST FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.<\/p>\n

I just rode the Algonquin Road and Paul Douglas Bike Trails <\/strong>today (7\/15) and there is construction <\/strong><\/span>going on in many places in the “new” trail sections (around Paul Douglas forest preserve and just past Penny Road through the Crabtree preserve).<\/p>\n

I guess that the new trail is still under warranty \ud83d\ude42 (It’s been less than a year since it’s been open).<\/p>\n

As of today, there are about 5 patches of construction\u00a0between Ela Road and the Grassy Ridge Meadow forest preserve entrance. The area that used to flood (along Freeman\/Huntington Roads\u00a0just north of \u00a0Lakewood) is closed and there are a few more patches on the western end of the trail starting at Penny Road.<\/p>\n

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Trail Closed north of Lakewood along Huntington\/Freeman<\/p><\/div>\n

I didn’t have my camera but got a shot of the construction area with my phone camera.<\/p>\n

I think this may actually be a very good thing especially if they fix the area that floods just north of Lakewood.<\/p>\n

I did walk around the trail closed signs to see what they were doing in that area and the path is completely removed (to gravel) but I did not see any new bridges or drainage pipes under the trail. I am hoping that they have just not gotten to that yet.<\/p>\n

It is still possible to ride the entire trail but the construction patches slow you down although you can easily walk around or sometimes ride around the areas being worked on.<\/p>\n

You must detour around the area along Hunington\/Freeman just north of Lakewood (this is an easy detour of about 1\/10th of a mile on Hunington\/Freeman, which is fairly wide and there is not that much traffic in that area.<\/p>\n

If you would like more information or to see the photos or video of this trail, see The Algonquin Road Trail<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I am very close to this trail so I will ride it occasionally and post updates when I have them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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