A decent-sized crowd of neighbors, community leaders, city officials and panting pooches braved the 90 + degree weather today to mark the start of the Northaven Trail construction.
When complete, the trail will serve as a major east-west corridor in the Dallas Bike Plan. The first phase will run along Northaven beside the Oncor easement extending from Valleydale to Preston. It will take about six months to finish. Eventually, the trail will connect to the Cottonwood, White Rock Creek and reach all the way to Denton Drive, making it about 8 miles long.
The city proposed the trail in Spring 2009 and unveiled the design plans in September. It’s funded through the 2006 Capital Improvements bond package, and there was some money left over for some extra amenities. At the groundbreaking ceremony, the Friends of the Northaven Trail provided a closer look at those extras: bike racks with aesthetic some appeal, solar powered trash compactors, water bottle filling stations, nice-looking mile markers and a bike repair station.
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