Trail Bumps: Lessons Learned from Removing 1,000 Bumps
February 20, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
This webinar focuses on lessons learned from removing over 1,000 bumps from an 18-mile paved trail.
Presented by:
- Judd Isbell, President, Friends of Mount Vernon Trail
Webinar Outline
Root heaves are a common issue on paved multi-use trails that can make trails inaccessible, unused or cause permanent and life altering injuries to users. This webinar focuses on lessons learned from removing over 1,000 bumps from an 18-mile paved trail. The webinar includes discussion of an effective technique, bump removal options and their trade-offs, equipment, cost, and repair durability.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn techniques for removing bumps from paved, multi-use trails.
- Learn factors that determine suitability of cold planning for bump removal including cost, equipment labor and trail construction.
- Learn best practices in using cold planning as a bump removal technique.
