After hiking, for an hour or so, up and down the Tandy Hills, I headed north to the Beach Street Wal-Mart.Being on Beach Street I was curious to have a look at the Beach Street/Gateway Park Express Energy water sucking operation.
Yesterday, the paved Trinity Trail (on which, last Saturday, I'd had a muddy confrontation with a White Darth Vader Express Energy Truck) was being cleaned.
Today the "UTILITY WORK AHEAD" sign was still up, and traffic cones still lined the trail from Beach Street to the site of the water pumping. There were two Express Energy trucks at the end of the traffic cones, one was on the levee, above the pumping site, the other was over the edge, backed up right to the pumps.
I saw no utility work being done. I did see the paved trail is now totally mud free, including the thickly muddied area where the Express Energy trucks drove on to the trail.
So, what's going on here? Are the traffic cones being left there to stop Express Energy trucks from driving on the pedestrian "No Motorized Vehicles Allowed" trail? Or are the trucks able to drive right over the cones without hitting them?
Today when I left Wal-Mart I decided to drive back to Gateway Park. I was curious if there was a "UTILITY WORK AHEAD" sign at the Gateway Park entry to the Trinity Trails, that being the pedestrian bridge you see in the picture. Well, all I saw was the final orange traffic cone at the end of the bridge. That's in the picture at the top.
When I took the picture of the bridge I could see there was no longer an Express Energy truck parked on top of the Trinity River levee.
I was curious if the truck over the edge was still there, so I walked to where there is a vantage point looking down on the operation. You can see the truck through the brush in the upper right part of the picture. And a guy in red with a white hat working on the pumps.There are 2 more pumps sitting on top of the levee.
I think the mud ruts on the "road" down to the pump site must have dried up, if a truck is able to get back out of there without a lot of tire spinning and more muddy rutting and damage to the levee. It's quite steep.
Below is a chronological list of links of bloggings about the Express Energy Service Trinity River Gateway Park pumping operation...
Mess of 6 Pumps Getting Ready To Steal Trinity River Water?
Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief Or One Of His Lackeys Thinks I'm A Clueless Reactionary
The 2010 Cold Orwellian World Of Fort Worth Texas
I Have Had Me An Orwellian Big Brother Encounter With Express Energy On The Trinity River in Fort Worth
More Questions In The Increasingly Orwellian World Of Fort Worth Texas
West Texas Chief Operative CT2's Report On Express Energy Services
A Sunday Surprise At the Fort Worth Beach Street Trinity River Gas Driller Pump Site
Another Visit With Express Energy Services At Gateway Park Where Water Is Now Being Removed From The Trinity River
A Saturday Shootout With Express Energy On The Trinity River In Fort Worth
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