This just in from the good folks at Local Motion:
“Lake Champlain’s current high water combined with southerly and westerly winds has damaged two sections of Vermont’s most popular multi-use trail. In Burlington, the Burlington Bike Path by Perkins Pier is underwater and being eroded. In South Hero, the northern section of the causeway (the Allen Point Access Area) has also been severely eroded. Time will tell how bad the damage will be. Stay tuned.”
So, if you’re thinking of going for a bike ride or a jog on the Burlington Bike Path, think again. Unless you bring your swimmies, a snorkel and some flippers, it’s best if you stay well clear of this area until the water has receded and the damage has been repaired. Fingers crossed that the damage is not so bad. The bike path draws scads of tourists to the waterfront and is one of the city’s major attractions during the summer.
If you see other spots on the bike path with similar damage or submersion, let us know.
Photo via Local Motion.
This article appears in Apr 20-26, 2011.
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Now kayakers can enjoy it too!
Burlington is sinking….now both figurativily and literally.
wow, my wife and i are relocating to burlington this summer, sorry to hear bout ya’ll’s flooding therewe’re in galveston currently, but’ve also lived in austin a lot, and that sort of thing happens more often than we’d like, mostly along the hike and bike along lady bird lake and along barton springsbest of luck to everyone there
Curses! That trail is awesome. I hope the damage isn’t too bad.
yeah the waves crashing up on the open stretch just south of the barge st. canal bridge made for a fun and soaking wet commute yesterday am! all is calm now, and you can bypass that flood by taking the access road that connects maple st. to the train station
Bike path under water can be repaired.Last 5 years of underwater leadership by Mayor Kiss, will take much longer to fix.
It’s all water under the bridge…
Now their is more untreated sewer water thanks to inattentiveness of the person at the controls that dumped sewage into the lake.