Fall is here and the daylight hours are getting shorter. But thanks to some recent improvements to the Scull Creek Trail in Fayetteville, commuters on at least one stretch of the Fayetteville trail system can ride after dark.
The city announced last week that it had completed a new section of lighting on the Scull Creek Trail. The trail now has continuous lighting from the north side of the Fulbright Expressway to just beyond North Street, about 2.7 miles. The new lights, as well as all trail lights are on from 5:30am until daylight and from dark to 11pm every day.
The next phase of lights for the Scull Creek Trail will extend from North to Maple street, and the city is considering using more energy efficient LEDs for future trail lighting.
If you notice trail lights that are not working, please report outages to the Parks and Recreation Department by sending an email through the Parks and Recreation page of the city’s website or by calling 444-3471.
The lights are cute, but really should either be on motion detectors or on all night, commuting home from work at midnight is scary! Some sections are on all night, other sections have city street lights directly over the trail lights. Why do the trail lights turn off if the street lights don’t?
I agree with the above comment about the motion detectors. I love to ride to the movie theater and sometimes when the movie is over it’s after 11. I have a light on my bike, but it can only show so much of the trail at a time and not very far ahead. I understand that turning the lights off at 11 may be a more energy efficient option, but I don’t see it as a safer one.
I like the Idea of the motion detectors as well. I have a friend who was walking home from work at 12:30 a.m. and was hit by a guy on a bike. If we had lighting that worked all night that might have never happened
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