The next phase of the Line Creek Trail is going to start sometime this summer. The City was hoping to partner with another entity to fund and finish the south end of the trail this summer. However, that didn't happen and so there will be a disjointed segment in the trail.
It's impossible due to the topography south of Line Creek Park and the I-29 bridge to build the trail from its current end and come back in the future to finish it to I-29 without tearing up the trail. There is a small stretch of the trail where the creek is on one side and a bluff is on the other and the only place to put the trail is a flat 15-20 foot shelf between them. Because of this, it makes sense to start at I-29 and go as far north as funding allows and then wait until additional funding becomes available. Riverside has planned funding to start at I-29 and go south to Vivion Road and will start once easement acquisition is completed.
The picture is looking upstream half way between the current end of the trail and Englewood Road. I took this today because I was meeting at the project site with some consultants to discuss how to stabilize the trail where the creek and bluff are close. If you have some old or mud shoes you can actually walk a half mile south of the trail end along the west side of the creek along the old roadbed and see the waterfalls along the way.
It's impossible due to the topography south of Line Creek Park and the I-29 bridge to build the trail from its current end and come back in the future to finish it to I-29 without tearing up the trail. There is a small stretch of the trail where the creek is on one side and a bluff is on the other and the only place to put the trail is a flat 15-20 foot shelf between them. Because of this, it makes sense to start at I-29 and go as far north as funding allows and then wait until additional funding becomes available. Riverside has planned funding to start at I-29 and go south to Vivion Road and will start once easement acquisition is completed.
The picture is looking upstream half way between the current end of the trail and Englewood Road. I took this today because I was meeting at the project site with some consultants to discuss how to stabilize the trail where the creek and bluff are close. If you have some old or mud shoes you can actually walk a half mile south of the trail end along the west side of the creek along the old roadbed and see the waterfalls along the way.
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