BLT Trail

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The BLT Trail entrance parking lot (on Lakeside Dr.) has been blocked off by @NSLandsForestry - please walk or bike to the trail rather than driving to help maintain social distances.

Just for your information the @CanadianForces Reserves will be doing a march with full gear including weapons (#withoutammunition) on the @BLTTrails over the next two days. They will only be on the trail a short time and other users are still able to continue using the trails.

Please note that a tree is down between James St. and Forestglen Dr. in the Timberlea area - use caution in that area. We'll get it cleaned up today.

There might be delays on the trail today due to the construction work around Forestglen Dr. and Richard St. in Timberlea.

@DecibelKaat Thanks!

At approx 0.8km from Coke plant, several trees on north side of @BLTTrails have been blown over and will eventually block the trail. The leaning spruce is most obvious.

Please note that paving is taking place today between James St. to Richard. There will be truck traffic around the trail but no closures - however, please use caution.

Trail work near Hubley was completed today! The barriers should come down tomorrow morning, and the trail will be reopened for the weekend. There will be a bit of softness in the sections that were done until it dries up, so please take care.

2. The contractor has informed us that he is going to be starting work this afternoon, entering at the Five Bridges junior high entrance in Hubley. Barricades will be up informing users of the closure. The work is expected to occur between this afternoon and Friday.

1. Trail closure announcement - please share widely! We'll be doing some grading work from about km 11-13 of the trail (this is the area roughly between Silver Birch Dr and the end of the trail at the St. Margaret's Bay Rd. crossing near Lewis Lake).

We received a message today from the city that although there will be work happening around Forestglen in terms of pouring curbs, access to the trail will be maintained.

Update: the trail is back open between Silver Birch Dr. and Fraser Rd./Forestglen Dr.

One more trail closure to notify you about - hopefully the last one in a while! The trail will once again be closed between Fraser Rd./Forestglen Dr. and Silver Birch Dr. This should begin around noon and only last for the afternoon. Thanks in advance for your cooperation.

The trail is back open between Brentwood Ave and Maplewood Dr. @hfxgov

Short trail closure to notify you about: we are having a leaning tree taken down between Brentwood Ave. and Maplewood Dr. this morning. Barricades will be up informing users of the closure. It will be reopened by this afternoon. @hfxgov

@hfxgov @HalifaxTrails @wrweo @IainTRankin @richardzurawski @NSTrails Thanks also to funders at @hfxgov, @NS_CCH, the OHV Infrastructure Fund, and @BayTCwin. Also thanks to @NSLandsForestry for their help with the whole process, and the ATV Association of NS for help with consultations.

The BLT Trail has officially reopened between Forestglen/Fraser Rd. and Silver Birch! Thank you to everyone who cooperated with the closure @hfxgov @HalifaxTrails @wrweo @IainTRankin @richardzurawski @NSTrails

@sdevet Will do!

@BLTTrails Can you post a photo when it’s open? I’d love to see the new bridge!

We're hoping to open up the closed section of trail later this afternoon (September 17) - we require an inspection by Department of Lands and Forestry. We will post as soon as it is reopened.

@lmgautreau @hfxgov @wrweo @NSTrails @Rails2TrailsNS @HalifaxTrails @IainTRankin @geoffregan @richardzurawski It will likely not be until Tuesday morning - sorry for the delay.

@BLTTrails @hfxgov @wrweo @NSTrails @Rails2TrailsNS @HalifaxTrails @IainTRankin @geoffregan @richardzurawski Please let us know when we can gain access, hoping to get a Bluff run in before the weekend. Thank you!!

1. PLEASE SHARE WIDELY* The BLT Trail will be CLOSED to all traffic (vehicular, pedestrian, bicycle) starting tomorrow at 12:00 pm between Fraser Rd. and Silver Birch Dr. @hfxgov @wrweo @NSTrails @Rails2TrailsNS @HalifaxTrails @IainTRankin @geoffregan @richardzurawski

@kcopela @IainTRankin @hfxgov @wrweo @NSTrails @Rails2TrailsNS @HalifaxTrails @geoffregan @richardzurawski Sorry - equipment issues (partly due to high water with the hurricane) extended the work.

@IainTRankin @BLTTrails @hfxgov @wrweo @NSTrails @Rails2TrailsNS @HalifaxTrails @geoffregan @richardzurawski Thx. Bummer it’s taking that long but happy to have it finally fixed.