Different sections will be closed through October
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Major restoration work on the Deckers Creek Trail will start Monday on sections outside of Morgantown city limits.
From Monday through Sept. 25, the first section closed will be Rock Forge Lane to Breakiron Road at Mellons Chapel — a roughly two-mile stretch. Sept. 28-Oct. 2, the next section closed will be Breakiron Road to the first crossing with Greer Limestone.
This work will involve putting a top surface of stone down and compacting it. No trail use in these areas can take place while this work — putting down and compacting new surface stone — is underway. Work on the more than 12 miles of rail-trail is anticipated to take until the end of October, depending on the weather.
The trail will be closed in phases. The Mon River Trails Conservancy will try to keep as much of the trail open in sections while this work is underway.
It will result in more than 12 miles of new compacted limestone surface on about six-mile stretches — Rock Forge Lane to the Deckers Creek Greer Limestone Plant in Monongalia County and from Masontown to the trail end just past Morgan Mine Road in Preston County.
This project is partially funded from the Federal Highway Administration’s Recreational Trails Program and administered by the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Highways.
If safe, the Mon River Trails Conservancy will open the trail during weekends. Trail-goers must find other locations for trail adventure on weekdays.
Trail users will be able to check the status of sections of trail from the Mon River Trails Conservancy website at http://www.montrails.org/.
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