Well this was a little surprise! I took a walk down what will eventually become our new #bike path parallel to the new #train track under construction in #Ottawa. Most of the bike path will be a grade of fine gravel called "stone dust", but I got down south a bit and found it paved with 75 mm (3 in) thick asphalt and also 5.5 m (18 ft) wide! I think this is intended as a train emergency evacuation route to bring in a bus, as there is a turnaround here, too, plus an opening in the rail line fence. It will make a nice 500 m (1600 ft) of bike path though! It should all be open in the spring of 2024, we hope.
