On the Lansing side, even before the SWLP extends across Waverly, that bridge would do a lot to connect (the few) Delta Township residents near Anderson to the river trail. There's just a quarter mile or so along Waverly to navigate from Jolly to the pathway (and the greater trail system). But you're right, going the other direction, Anderson is a bit of a dead end coming from Lansing.
It's in the master plan to extend a shared use path down Old Lansing Rd east to the Waverly Pathway and to the future Carrier Creek Path to the west, so there is a plan there. I just don't see why Delta would make the Old Lansing route a priority over Carrier Creek or connecting Grand Woods to Delta Mills, both of which would serve far more residents. The Lansing Rd route would certainly be lower hanging fruit. I guess at the end of the day I'm just happy to see trails get improved and expanded, even if it's not exactly what I wanted.
I visited the Fish Ladder Music Theater yesterday and I found it very nice, there were really nice touches like the musical notes depicted in the fence around the amphitheater, nice brick work, beautiful murals around the bowl, lighting up the trees with ground level lights, and it looked like the fireplace has been used. The glider swings are also really nice for sitting and taking in the view of the river [there is a really huge cottonwood tree stuck on the dam]. Of course, one of the things one thinks when seeing such a nice public park is "how long before it is vandalized", so I happy to see the place before that happens. There was a police video pole set up but that looked like a temporary set up. I will concentrate on the positive, this is a really nice feature of the River Trail, it is one of those rare projects in Lansing, it is nicer than it had to be!
I will not be reading anymore articles from the Michigan Enjoyer. While the article was factually correct about some of the negative issues along the river trail, blaming Lansing Liberals for stuff like needles "filling" the fish ladder is overstating the problem, a half dozen needles floating around is not filling the water, however gross any needles floating there is, it was not caused by liberal governance "allowing" criminal behaver in our parks. I am maybe left of liberal, and I think giving everyone a minimum wage and access to safe lab tested heroin in a controlled atmosphere to those who need it, all of this nasty behavior would be greatly reduced and could even lead some addicts to seek help for their addiction. I have known people who self-medicated with heroin and they were not crazy out of control, every one of those people were employed and would take their shot and get on with the day not in pain. Homelessness, and addiction causes anxiety and anger in many and they take it out in many ways including vandalizing public places, shop lifting and theft to get money for their habit. Heroin is a very bad drug for the body, and usually leads to an early death, in might not be a bad idea to create a city and a society that provided a path to a happy and healthy life where people would not ever choose to use a drug like heroin. Here in East Lansing our student guests who are very well off and not heroin addicts cause a lot of damage vandalism graffiti, public urination and vomiting anywhere they please. Do liberals cause this behavior? I think maybe bad parenting is one of the causes of antisocial behavior among all classes of people, we need more liberal thought and ideas not less. Meanwhile we liberals will keep trying to build a better city, with sympathy and care for all out neighbors. Greater Lansing is not a money pit where funds are being wasted in an effort to save and unsavable city. I wonder what great conservative governance would offer as solutions to these problems. There were none offered in this offensive article.
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