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Committee flags trail damage and unauthorized structures; Detroit Zoo conservationist to visit Feb. 11
Summary
The committee discussed recent trail damage and unauthorized digging structures on the Meridian Trail, planned culverts and bridge relocation, and scheduled a Feb. 11 visit from a Detroit Zoological Society conservation expert to advise on amphibian habitat and hydrology.
Members of the Grosse Ile Greenways Open Space Committee raised concerns about trail damage, unauthorized digging and makeshift structures on township trails, and discussed plans for repairs, culverts and a bridge relocation. The committee also announced a visit by a conservation expert from the Detroit Zoological Society on Feb. 11 to survey amphibian habitat and advise on hydrological work.
The committee reported several incidents: contractors cutting a tree near a bridge left ruts that required smoothing, and someone — not township staff — dug several trenches across the Meridian Trail that are now creating drainage problems and safety hazards. Committee members described the trenches as "2, 3 feet, maybe?…
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