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Eau Claire (WQOW) - Trees and shrubs along the Chippewa River are being removed to make way for a bigger
bike path.
The director of Eau Claire Parks
and Recreation Department says the Chippewa River Bike Trail is the busiest
bike trail in the city, with around 140,000 people using the trail each year.
The portion being replaced measures just four feet wide in some locations. That
made it difficult for multiple people to use the trail at the same time.
"This is a section
of trail that has been only the width of a sidewalk for many years. Our goal
was always to widen this trail so that it would be as wide as the rest of the
recreational, multi-use trail we have in the city. Generally we like to have
about a 12 foot wide trail," said Eau Claire Parks
and Recreation Director Phil Fieber.
The construction is scheduled to
wrap up by the end of September. Eventually, the city will replace all the
trees torn down with new landscaping.
