Safety concerns force section of River Bluff Trail to close for three weeks starting Oct. 21, 2024

Source: News release from Logansport Utilities

A section of the River Bluff Trail along the north side of the Eel River in Logansport will be closed again due to safety concerns with the installation of a water line.

The trail was temporarily closed through August and September 2024 due to the installation of a large sewer pipe.

Sega, the contracting firm working on the ongoing Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) projects for Logansport Utilities, will be closing off the same section of the trail starting Monday, October 21, 2024, and then lasting three more weeks. The company has concerns with the large, dangerous equipment coming in and out of the area and wanting to keep pedestrians safe.

The group continues to install a 36-inch diameter pipe across the Eel River that will connect one of the CSO project lines to the storage system.

The trail, owned by Logansport Memorial Hospital, will be closed off in a span near Logansport Utilities property on the north side of the Eel River, where the new CSO systems are being built. (Roughly located across the river from where the defunct, former electric generating plant was demolished.)

Pedestrians traveling east or west on the River Bluff Trail will have to turn around when they approach the closed off work zone area of the trail.