The long awaited upgrades to the lighting on the Metropolitan Branch Trail are underway. All overhead lights on the trail will be replaced with brighter LED lights. The new lights will be hard-wired. This project will increase reliability of the lights. Trail users should anticipate shifting traffic patterns. Advance warning signs and flaggers will be [Continue]

Starting on August 12th 2019, the Metropolitan Branch Trail will be detoured between Randolph Place NE and just north of New York Avenue NE. As part of the construction of Althea Tanner Park the Met Branch Trail will be repaved, widened, and re-aligned (to eliminate the Z curve at R Street). The park will feature [Continue]