Seal Coat Project Scheduled for BCRD Wood River Trail – East Fork to Hulen Meadows
August 05, 2016
The BCRD has scheduled a section of the Wood River Trail for seal coat maintenance beginning Monday, August 15 and continuing through Friday, August 26.
The project encompasses the section of path from the north side of East Fork Rd. to the beginning of the path at Hulen Meadows in Ketchum.
This section of trail will be closed during the seal coating process. Alternate routes may not be suitable for road bikes, rollerblades, bike trailers, and dogs or for nighttime travel.
Seal coating is the process of applying an asphalt emulsion to seal the trail surface. After several years of regular use and the elements, the worn asphalt surface will roughen and crack. In order to preserve the trail’s smooth surface, it must be seal coated regularly.
During the application and drying process it is important that trail users stay off the new surface for 48 hours. Wet seal coating material will ruin shoes, clothes, bikes, rollerblades and the trail surface!
For more information, please contact Janelle Conners at the Blaine County Recreation District at 578-5453.
The project encompasses the section of path from the north side of East Fork Rd. to the beginning of the path at Hulen Meadows in Ketchum.
This section of trail will be closed during the seal coating process. Alternate routes may not be suitable for road bikes, rollerblades, bike trailers, and dogs or for nighttime travel.
Seal coating is the process of applying an asphalt emulsion to seal the trail surface. After several years of regular use and the elements, the worn asphalt surface will roughen and crack. In order to preserve the trail’s smooth surface, it must be seal coated regularly.
During the application and drying process it is important that trail users stay off the new surface for 48 hours. Wet seal coating material will ruin shoes, clothes, bikes, rollerblades and the trail surface!
For more information, please contact Janelle Conners at the Blaine County Recreation District at 578-5453.
Contact:
Janelle Conners
jconners@bcrd.org, (208) 578-5453
