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poration, with Shaw at its head, worked with the city and
with organizations, businesses and individuals who gave
access and money and made the trail a reality.
"Everybody was so enthused and people were so gener-
ous," Shaw said. "It was a fun thing for the city and one of
the few things that everybody could get behind."
He had figured the project would take ten years and
$2 million to complete. It took just about exactly that on
both counts – if you exclude the two years the project was
delayed because of the reconstruction of the Grove Street
bridge. A section of the trail which runs under the bridge
couldn't be completed until the larger project was.
But in July 2015, Shaw finally snipped the ribbon and
Linear Park was open from beginning to end.
Now portions are closed again, including the section of
trail under the Grove Street bridge. at section connects to
the areas that need repairs.
"One of the reasons they're taking their time to engineer it
is so it doesn't happen again," Gibson said. He said many of
the remaining repairs may be done by the end of this sum-
mer and the rest by next spring. He knows that Linear Park's
biggest booster – Shaw – won't let him forget about the work.
"I'm very hopeful that it will be done," said Shaw, who's
91. "I hope to live to see it."
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