Klingle Valley Trail

In 1913, the city generated a plan to straighten and widen the street as Klingle Parkway, connecting Beach Drive and Reno Road.

Klingle Road remains listed as an arterial roadway for vehicular traffic on the District of Columbia's Functional Classification Map and is a part of DC's permanent system of highways.

[3] But a competing campaign, led by the Sierra Club of DC, advocated for replacing the road with a bicycle, hiking, or bridle path.

[7] Repeated efforts to properly complete this environmental impact study were returned by the federal government to the District for rewriting and changes.

[8] In 2008, District Mayor Adrian Fenty attempted to bypass the environmental impact statement by providing full local funding of the automobile road.

But Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh succeeded in replacing this appropriation with a provision calling for the road to "remain closed to motorized vehicular traffic" and the right-of-way employed instead for a non-motorized-use trail.

[9] Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham attempted to restore funding for the automobile road, but his amendment was rejected by the District Council by a 10–3 vote.

[15] A permit to begin restoration of the creek bed, retaining walls, and water-permeable trail was granted in October 2014.