{"id":15446,"date":"2025-12-01T22:05:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T05:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/animas-river-trail-reconstruction-nearing-completion\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:48:07","slug":"animas-river-trail-reconstruction-nearing-completion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/animas-river-trail-reconstruction-nearing-completion\/","title":{"rendered":"Animas River Trail reconstruction nearing completion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=9e3f2fc2-b4f6-5a49-8dd0-9d70a53f93d4&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"A segment of the Animas River Trail between the Doubletree Hotel and Santa Rita Park is in its final stages of reconstruction. (Scout Edmondson\/Durango Herald)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">A segment of the Animas River Trail between the Doubletree Hotel and Santa Rita Park is in its final stages of reconstruction. (Scout Edmondson\/Durango Herald)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>A stretch of the Animas River Trail between Santa Rita Park and the Doubletree Hotel is in its final phase, as crews pour concrete and reinforce the trail\u2019s edges.<\/p>\n<p>Crews are hustling to put the final touches on the revamp, such as pouring the final layer of concrete and installing the railing alongside the trail. However, snow and cold temperatures could cause delays to setting concrete, which prevents the city from having a definitive end date, said city spokesman Tom Sluis.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=4bb6d758-06aa-55fa-95ff-7da9742ae8d4&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"A sign marks where the Animas River Trail closes before heading under the U.S. Highway 160 bridge near the Doubletree Hotel. (Scout Edmondson\/Durango Herald)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">A sign marks where the Animas River Trail closes before heading under the U.S. Highway 160 bridge near the Doubletree Hotel. (Scout Edmondson\/Durango Herald)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>\u201cOur contractors are working hard to wrap up these last pieces, and with winter weather arriving, we\u2019re navigating snow and freezing temperatures that can affect concrete work and safety,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sluis said the city understands the public\u2019s eagerness to see the trail reopen after months of construction and urged patience as crews complete their work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand this is a very popular and heavily used trail and appreciate the public\u2019s patience,\u201d he said. \u201cWe look forward to celebrating its completion soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"emphasis-3af0117783981b4f6bd2de1f2ad629c8\"><a href=\"mailto:sedmondson@durangoherald.com\">sedmondson@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em id=\"emphasis-d28c201736d34d1405d568134b07ed81\">An earlier version of this story erred in saying the reconstruction would be completed by the end of December. The city says the trail is nearing completion but it has no end date<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>to wrap up ahead of snow, freezing temps <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1741,28,1686,994],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-15446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-animas-river-trail","tag-headlines","tag-heavy-construction","tag-trueanthem"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15446"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19662,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15446\/revisions\/19662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15446"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=15446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}