American River Parkway Detours in Effect
Spanking-new retaining walls and DG shoulder near the 22 mile mark. Photo courtesy Sacramento County
If you have been running out on the Parkway lately, you’ll no doubt have noticed road crews beavering away at various sections of the trail.
Even though Sacramento County has been so short of cash they’re essentially letting the Parkway go feral and the transients have a free rein along the river, there has been plenty o’ cash for trail maintenance from the Measure A transportation funding.
Last weekend, I ran downstream from Hazel Avenue and was treated to running on newly laid, decomposed granite shoulders tucked along visually breathtaking new retaining walls.