CBS News Sacramento has uncovered another blunder on Sacramento's Del Rio Trail. Construction defects are now forcing crews to remove pavement along a path that is less than two years old.

It's another setback for the troubled trail. City leaders celebrated the grand opening of the paved bike and pedestrian path in May 2024. Now, just 16 months later, contractors are grinding down sections of the new asphalt and starting over.

"This was a fiscal nightmare that didn't have to happen," said Kristina Rogers, a neighbor of the Del Rio Trail.

Trail users say they spotted cracks shortly after the trail opened.

"There was crumbling and cracked asphalt all along the sides," Rogers said. "You see long cracks in the middle of the trail."

The City of Sacramento confirms that a section of the pav

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