RecPath Construction Resumes at Crabapple Drive

People are starting to explore the new sections of the Shelton Lakes Recreation Path over by Huntington Center. Here's a nice family having some fun near Lizard Head Rock.

Last week Pruzinky & Sons resumed work and placed a fine gravel topcoat on the Lane St. fire access road. The road was built to provide the Shelton Fire Department a second means of access into the neighborhood, but it also makes a great multi-use path.

The lower crossing at Wesley Drive now clearly links both sides of the road.

The RecPath now turns off the fire access road and connects with the sections that were built earlier.
Which brings you down along the edge of the Land Trust Meadow and out to Lane St. & Huntington Center by the Fire House.

Meanwhile, on the portion north of Crabapple Drive the guys from Fairview Tree Farm have started clearing out toward the powerlines.

Construction is gradually proceeding with the base. Hopefully we will have most of this new construction done in August. Have fun exploring, but mind the excavators when they are working please.

New RecPath Section Completed!

No matter how fast or slow you like to move the latest section of the RecPath has something for everybody. It seems like it's taken forever to get this project built but it's getting completed one step at a time.

Above is one of our local residents out enjoying a leisurely, and I do mean leisurely, stroll on the Wesley Drive section of the Shelton Lakes Recreation Path. This section was completed last week when the contractors added the last pavers at the road crossings.

It might not seem like much, but it was an important milestone given that this was one of the most difficult sections of RecPath to build. This section extended the Lane Street end of the RecPath almost a mile. And there is more to come!

Helpful Trail Tip: This section is really fun to bike ride going South toward Huntington Center. The upper Wesley Drive entrance near Scotch Pine Drive is a nice downgrade to get the roller coaster started.

The RecPath skirts the top of a ridge overlooking scenic Basil Brook; one of the prettiest little streams in Shelton. Last week my wife met a couple of local residents who had lived here 5 Years & had never been back to walk through the open space. They were amazed how beautiful it was.

There is a really nice section of the different natural features along Basil Brook on Teresa Gallagher's In The Field blog. The owner of the neighboring property, Basil Dikovsky, liked some of the work that was being done with the RecPath when it was just a hiking trail, and actually donated some of his land to the City so we could avoid having to climb a steep slope. It was a very generous gift that saved the taxpayers a lot of money because we didn't have to grade out a big cut slope while making the path handicapped accessible.

So go try out the new RecPath section at Wesley Drive. Whether you enjoy a quite walk in the morning, or bike riding with the kids we guarantee your satisfaction or your money back on the trail user fee.