Construction is starting this month on long-promised improvements to the Shoal Creek Trail. The city will widen a section of sidewalk along North Lamar Boulevard that runs parallel to a canyon below in an effort to improve accessibility and safety .
Between 29th and 31st streets is one of the weirdest sections of the city’s oldest hike-and-bike trail. One path leads down into a heavily shaded rocky ravine while the upper route is just a five-foot-wide sidewalk next to busy traffic on Lamar.
Down in the valley known as Split Rock Canyon or the Bluffs, the sounds of traffic are muffled, and the air is noticeably cooler…