They’ve opened up a new piece of Riverwalk! Sgt. Grumpy and The Hoochlings and I went downtown for a stroll yesterday. As we wandered down the steps adjacent to the southern side of the Eagle-Phenix Mill courtyard we noticed that the section of the Riverwalk, previously under construction and barricaded by a chain-link fence was open to the public. Walkers, bikers, strollers, fishermen, roller-bladers and motion-minded folks of all types are now free to locomote in whatever form they see fit along a half-mile or so of brand-new sidewalk past previously closed-to-the-public views of the backside of the Eagle-Phenix mill and dam.
The southern portion of the Chattahoochee Riverwalk now extends all the way to the 13th Street Bridge concluding, as before, with a chain-link barricade. If I am correct the eventual goal of The Riverwalk is a single contiguous piece of sidewalk all the way from the city marina north of The Columbus Water Works (where the northern portion of the Riverwalk currently begins) to Fort Benning (where it currently ends). This most recent bit of completed walkway marks one more step towards that goal, leaving just a block or so between the downtown TSYS complex on 14th Street and the 13th Street bridge. Way to go City of Columbus!
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