Repair Infrastructure in Dora Kelley Nature Park

The Holmes Run Trail was severely damaged in several locations during torrential rains and flooding in June 2018, three years ago. Since then, spotty, temporary fixes have been attempted in a few areas, such as shoring up pavement with gravel that has since washed away. And now, West End residents have learned from staff of the Department of Project Implementation that the repairs to and reopening of the Holmes Run Trail are up to three years away. Unless that timeline changes, the West End of the City will have been without its primary bikeway, pedestrian path, and access route to recreational opportunities for six years. That is unacceptable to the citizens of Alexandria.
We received no real explanation of why it has taken three years to seek consultants to study the Holmes Run hydrology and design the repairs to the trail. The Holmes Run Trail is the second busiest bike path in the City, with scores of daily users of the Trail and of Dora Kelley Nature Park. Therefore, we respectfully request that the safety of Holmes Run Trail users be given the same attention as the safety of Seminary Road users, especially given the detours now necessary on and around busy Berauregard St. 
The past three years are irrecoverable, and it is unconscionable to propose yet another three-year delay in returning Holmes Run to its many users. Hire consultants, complete the designs, and construct the repairs! Allocate additional funds, if you must, to make this project a priority. If the State of Mississippi could rebuild from scratch the two-mile-long US 90 bridges destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in less than two years, then surely the engineering consultant and construction community are can study, design, and construct these small, simple trail revisions in one year. Our elected officials must focus the City's energies on restoring this important path, and they must do that now. Failure to do so would be abdicating your responsibility to all the citizens of Alexandria. We urge you to move immediately, and on the fast track, to repair and reopen the Holmes Run Trail within a year, in accordance with the most environmentally prudent techniques and timing.

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