Trail Maintenance

What This Service Involves

Public trails carry heavy year-round use and degrade from root heave, erosion, and encroaching vegetation. Our maintenance program keeps tread surfaces even, clears drainage features, and removes hazards before they generate liability or accessibility complaints. Crews document conditions along the corridor so your parks department can prioritize repairs and demonstrate diligent upkeep. Service is scoped for paved, crushed-aggregate, and soft-surface trails alike.

Benefits

Keeps tread surfaces safe and reduces trip-and-fall liability; maintains drainage to slow erosion and washouts; supports ADA accessibility on designed segments; produces a documented condition record for the corridor

Our Process

1) Walk the corridor and log hazards, drainage, and encroachment; 2) Prioritize repairs and clearing with parks staff; 3) Repair tread, clear drainage, and cut back vegetation; 4) Report completed work and flag capital-level needs

What Affects the Cost

Trail length and surface type; severity of erosion and root damage; vegetation encroachment volume; drainage structure repairs; access for crews and equipment along the corridor

Best Time of Year

Trail maintenance runs year-round in Western Washington, with heavier drainage and washout work concentrated before and after the wet season.