Wayfinding sign on the Southeast Trail
This press release from Lynn Bell of Metroplan:
Metroplan
Announces the dedication of the southeast trail
Wednesday,
September 9, 2015, at 10:00 am
Dassault Falcon Jet
3801 E 10th Street, Little Rock, AR 72202
LITTLE ROCK, AR, September 4, 2015 — Metroplan announces a dedication ceremony
to celebrate the completion of
the
Southeast Trail. This newly designated bike route extends east and south from
the Clinton Presidential Park, past Dassault Falcon Jet, the Clinton National
Airport, and the Little Rock Port, to the David D. Terry Lock and Dam and
Dam Site 6
West Park.
The 13-mile bicycle
trail is an addition to the Arkansas River Trail System and its 88-mile Grand
Loop, bringing the total miles of trails and bike routes in the system to well
over 100. The trail offers flat terrain, low vehicular traffic, and diverse
landscapes of farmland, industry and the Arkansas River.
Partners and
supporters of the project include:
·
Dassault Falcon Jet: Antoine Ajarrista, Senior Vice President and
General Manager and Jeff Griffin, Vice President
·
The Little Rock Port Authority: Chris Mathews, Port Authority Board
Chairman and Bryan Day, Executive Director
·
Pulaski County: Judge Barry Hyde and Barbara Richard
·
The City of Little Rock: Mayor Mark Stodola and Jon Honeywell
·
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Titus Hardiman
·
Little Rock Parks and Recreation: Mark Webre
·
Clinton Presidential Center: Debbie Shock
·
The Arkansas River Trail Task Force: Rob Stephens, Chairman
·
Metroplan: Jim McKenzie, Executive Director and Lynn Bell
Metroplan is the federally designated
metropolitan planning organization for the four-county region of Faulkner,
Lonoke, Pulaski and Saline counties. It is a voluntary association of local
governments that has operated since 1955.
Much credit for this project goes to Rob Stephens, who chairs the Arkansas River Trail Task Force under the auspices of Metroplan. Rob is an energetic volunteer whose quiet, behind-the-scenes efforts continue to produce results from which our community benefits.
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3 comments:
The link to the maps doesn't show anything but the River Trail, it doesn't like this trail has been added yet.
"This newly designated bike route..." "The 13-mile bicycle trail is an addition to..." Am I missing something? Has a single bucket of asphalt been poured? Painting sharrows on the pavement and erecting a few street signs proclaiming this to be a bicycle trail is just putting lipstick on a pig. Will there at least be a commitment to occasionally run a street sweeper over the shoulders (in the few places that shoulders exist) to reduce the debris?
someone, please add it to the main page http://arkansasrivertrail.org/maps/
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