CARP – Hiking the Carp hills just got less sticky.

Volunteers of the Friends of the Carp Hills recently finished installing 120 feet of new boardwalk along the Crazy Horse Trail.

“The new section of boardwalk beside the snowmobile track is now finished,” Friends President Janet Mason released in a statement Oct. 27. “With the efforts of Brian (Master Craftsman Extraordinaire) Roadhouse, Marc (Louis Cyr) Savard, and Julian (The Machine) Romeskie, we have installed 120 feet of new boardwalk.”

To make room for the new path the crew cleared a new path on the west side of the snowmobile track and added an access ramp to the existing plank boardwalk, also on the west side of the snowmobile track.

“This new section is useful in keeping pedestrian traffic on city-owned land and away from private property, and getting over some chronically wet sections of the trail,” Mason said. “Funding for this project’s materials was provided by the City of Ottawa’s Rural Community Building Grant program with support from Coun. Eli El-Chantiry. Built by skilled and dedicated volunteer labour. Thank you!”