Repairing Sidewalks At Fort Worth's Oakland Lake Park While Fosdic Lake Flows Green

You are looking at the paved trail that surrounds Fosdic Lake in Oakland Lake Park. Of late the City of Fort Worth has been doing a lot of work in Oakland Lake Park.

Some of what has been done makes some sense to me. Like replacing the tired wood planks on the bridges.

A few weeks ago a cement series of steps was replaced. That is still not quite finished and I still don't quite understand why this needed to be replaced.

And now today to find chunks of the paved trails have been replaced, or in the process of being replaced. I've never noticed any serious problem with the Fosdic Lake Paved Trail.

Except for one location, an area with poor drainage. When it rains, like today, mud gets on this section of the paved trail. It can be a pain to get around the muddy mess for days after the rain stops.

That is the muddy section of the Fosdic Lake paved trail below. As you can see, nothing has been done to help stop the flooding. So far.


I think I wondered previously, when I saw earlier work being done on the park, if this was federal stimulus money being spent.

Why does Fort Worth have money to make questionable sidewalk repairs, at the same time library hours must be cut, or libraries closed, due to lack of funds?

Why not build some new sidewalks, rather than do dubious repairs to existing sidewalks?

Like on Bridge Street. There are no sidewalks taking walkers to the East Regional Library. Or to the nearby Krogers. I have often seen people ambling along the well worn dirt path, carrying a load of groceries.


If federal stimulus money must be spent, I wish it'd get spent on something like fixing the color of Fosdic Lake. I don't know how that could be done. Maybe dozens of aerator fountains in the lake.

I have made note, previously, of the anti-freeze green color that Fosdic Lake is currently sporting. Today, due to the rain, Fosdic Falls was falling.

It is hard to get a good picture of Fosdic Falls, but you can clearly see the green water. It looks weirder in person.

After the water of Fosdic Lake falls over Fosdic Falls, it makes a very short journey to the Trinity River, maybe a half mile distant.

Recently a local cult leader led a group of his brainwashed followers on a group float down the Trinity River. The floaters did not float as far as where the water from Fosdic Lake tries to dye the river green.