Summer Trail Projects
Little River Regional Park staff completed two trail maintenance projects this summer. Approximately 100 feet of boardwalk was added to a section of the South River Loop Trail. This portion of the path would remain wet and muddy after it rained causing trail users to go off-trail to avoid the mud. To help hikers stay on the footpath and prevent the creation of a new path, the boardwalk was built over the problem area. Some tricky sections to build around were several large trees and two curves as well as tying in the new boardwalk with an existing bridge.
The other project entailed adding 6 water bars to an access road on the Ridge Trail between the North River Loop and Homestead Trail sections. Maintenance and emergency vehicles use the road to reach more remote sections of the park. Rainwater traveling down from the ridge was eroding the pathway, making it difficult for vehicles to traverse the entire road. The raised 4x6” water bars run across the path and will divert water running down the road off to the side and into the woods. Eroded areas were filled in with pea-sized gravel, covered with dirt and graded to allow water to follow the slope of the hillside.
Little River Regional Park staff completed two trail maintenance projects this summer. Approximately 100 feet of boardwalk was added to a section of the South River Loop Trail. This portion of the path would remain wet and muddy after it rained causing trail users to go off-trail to avoid the mud. To help hikers stay on the footpath and prevent the creation of a new path, the boardwalk was built over the problem area. Some tricky sections to build around were several large trees and two curves as well as tying in the new boardwalk with an existing bridge. 
The other project entailed adding 6 water bars to an access road on the Ridge Trail between the North River Loop and Homestead Trail sections. Maintenance and emergency vehicles use the road to reach more remote sections of the park. Rainwater traveling down from the ridge was eroding the pathway, making it difficult for vehicles to traverse the entire road. The raised 4x6” water bars run across the path and will divert water running down the road off to the side and into the woods. Eroded areas were filled in with pea-sized gravel, covered with dirt and graded to allow water to follow the slope of the hillside.
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