Tennessee Gas Pipeline work affects Jungle Habitat

Although with today's weather, it may seem like we will never get out to enjoy Jungle Habitat again, we'll be out there before you know it! So therefore, a warning from our friend Jeff Mergler about the upcoming work that will affect the Dumptruck Hill trail at JH. From Jeff -

Folks,

We've been informed by the land manager that the trail called "Dumptruck Hill" will be closed beginning on Feb 1 (yesterday) due to construction work by the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (who has a right of way and an existing gas pipeline in this location which bisects the trail).

I've spoken to the Tenn Gas Pipeline people and they have been really helpful explaining the process and they understand fully that there are trails in the area and they want to be in and out as quickly as possible with a minimum amount of disruption. Stage 1 will be widening the existing pipeline corridor while stage 2 will be to excavate, lay pipe and back-fill. The main concern is safety. They tend to lay the pipe and back-fill quickly but there will be placed where an open trench will be present and they just want to minimize the chance of a trail user injuring themselves.

Our crew leaders will monitor the process and work with our contact at TGPC and once we get word that we're in the clear we'll re-open the trail asap.

You can keep up to date with the latest here or at the JORBA site. We'll let you know as soon as we get the all clear to re-open the trail. 

Thanks!