First Section Paved !!!, Trial hits the Nightly News!

IT'S PAVED !!!

Just 3 weeks after starting, the first section of trail is paved!  The northernmost part of the trail from the Wittenbach/Wege Center past to the high school was paved today (Section 5 & 6) along with the southern portion of the Alden Nash West section (Section 4).  Word is tomorrow, the northern portion of the Wege easement along Alden Nash (Section 3) will be made black as well.

Grading began today on the widening of the existing walkway on Gee Drive from Foreman to Creekside park. (Section 1) When complete, this will be a 10 ft. wide concrete sidewalk that will connect to the existing Safe Routes to School trail.  Initial grading will begin on the remainder of Section 1 in front of Metric Manufacturing and Cherry Creek Elementary,  and formally connecting to the Fred Meijer Flat River Valley Rail Trail.

First in Trail News !!!

WZZM included the LARA trail in a nice news story on their 6 p.m. broadcast tonight about the economic impact trails are having in West Michigan.  They have also mentioned the project in their My Town section of their web page.  (Thanks Chris !!!)

Gee Drive Widening

Last night, my wife and I walked from the Nature Center to the Wege House and back and saw young cross country runners taking advantage of the gravel based trail...Sign of good things to come!