Leskinen Reroute - Superior HIking Trail - MN

Project Title: Leskinen Reroute

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Project Description: 

The project is located on a popular (and rugged) section of the SHT in Finland, MN between the trailhead at the Claire Nelson Community Center in Finland (located on Lake County Road 7) and the trailhead on Lake County Road 6 (Little Marais Road).

This reroute is approximately one and a quarter miles long and bypasses many trail issues, including a messy, muddy lowland. The new route crosses this lowland at a much narrower location and quickly gains elevation along the side of a slope until it meets back up with the SHT
again. The lowland area will require about 60 feet of elevated boardwalk at each end with about 140 feet of puncheon in the middle. Other than that, there are only about two other small drainages that the trail crosses, but some amount of flat terrain that may require additional puncheon or elevated tread (approximately 1000 feet or less).

In addition to the reroute, there are a few structures that need replacement and some tread repair along the trail before the reroute begins (between Park Hill Rd and the start of the reroute). These are: an approximately 300’ elevated boardwalk through a cedar bog; about 200’
of standard puncheon; 400’-500’ of basic tread repair (deberming and shaping, some ditching, drainage installation, etc. (tread repair may not be included in this project, it will depend on the access used).

The trail must be built with a finished tread width of 18 to 24 inch, full-bench construction, with a cleared corridor width of approximately 36 inches on either side of the center of the trail, for a total cleared width of 72 inches, or six feet. Trail can be roughed in with machinery, not to
exceed 48-inch track width, but must be finished with a hand crew.

Company/Organization/Agency Submitting Contract: Superior Hiking Trail Association

Primary Contact for Contract Information: Tamer Ibrahim

Email Address: tibrahim@superiorhiking.org

Closest City to Project: Finland, MN

State/Province/Region: Minnesota

Country: United States

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Anticipated Project Start Date: 6/1/2023

Application Deadline: 12/30/2022

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Date Submitted to PTBA: 12/2/2022