As a potentially dangerous bridge along the Zorinski Lake Trail continues to cause problems for bike riders, the City of Omaha is working to make it safer.

Since Six on Your Side first reported on the hazard in June, an estimated 20 cyclists have been injured at the end of the wooden bridge, which gets very slippery in the rain.

Louis Pol found that out the hard way when his bike tires slipped at the end of the bridge and caused him to have surgical screws inserted near his hip.

"As I went back to work it was a wheelchair, then crutches, now a cane," Pol said.

The emergency room staff at Lakeside Hospital even says it can predict when they'll treat cyclists who have crashed crossing the bridge.

"I bet we expect one or two injuries per weekend--if it's raining--from this end of the trail," Dr. Adrian Dreesen said.

The City of Omaha is working on straightening the approaches to the bridge and cutting back trees so sunlight will dry the wooden bridge faster on wet days.

"We don't want to shut the bridge down, or don't want to put stop signs on the bridge, because a lot of people are following the rules, but we'll do it if we have to do it," Parks Director Steve Scarpello said. "We'd like to make it so everyone can enjoy the bridge, so we're trying this last step."

Cyclists who have been injured on the bridge tell Channel 6 that what the city is trying to do is a nice try, but not the answer. They say there needs to be a completely new surface because the bridge is just too slippery when wet.

"I don't know that you take the bridge out, but you have to have a different kind of surface on it," Pol said.

Others on the trail say riders just need to slow down when they cross. Scarpello says the city is considering techniques that would slow cyclists down, such as stop signs or changes in the approaches to the bridge. But for now, he says he hopes the reconstruction around the bridge will cut down on injuries.