Rocky from Falling Waters, WV on 8/14/2019 1:43:09 PM:
Went to the C & O Canal yesterday after waiting two years for the construction/renovation to be completed. If this is the completed new design, I cannot expresses how disappointed my wife and I are, and how difficult the access has become. Bike access is now impossible for some. The access of the new wooden steps across to the canal is not wide enough to walk side by side, especially if you were carrying a child or small bike plus your own. Two bikers cannot pass each other on steps as there is only one rail for the bikes let alone anything else. There is no handicap access that I saw. The bridge access is way too narrow. It used to be get out of your vehicle, hop on your bike or just start walking, pulling your kids or pushing them in something and there you were, on the trail. But I didn’t see any of that now. The aqueduct is very nice but not designed for cyclists. If this is what $10 million buys we are extremely disappointed!!!