STEELE CREEK NEWS
Walker Branch
Greenway Information Drop In Session September 8
(August
13, 2018) Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation staff will be
holding a Public Information Drop In Session to share information on
plans to extend the
Walker Branch Greenway Trail.
What: Drop In Public
Information Session When:Saturday, September
8 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Where: In front of Pet Smart at RiverGate
Shopping Center (14137 Rivergate Parkway).
Staff will have
information on plans to extend the
Walker Branch Greenway trail from the south end of the current
trail behind RiverGate Shopping Center to Smith Road and to upgrade
the current trail. The path of
the new greenway trail is currently accessable as a mowed dirt path,
or
DIRTway.. The DIRTway will be upgraded to a 10-foot
wide asphalt trail with bridges across Walker Branch and side
creeks.
The
Steele Creek Community Trail Committee also will have a table at the
Drop In and will have sign up sheets for people interested in
promoting trails
in Steele Creek.
The existing Walker Branch Trail and the shorter trail along Hoover
Creek were built by the developers of RiverGate. The extension of
Walker Branch Trail to Smith Road will be the first greenway trail
in Steele Creek built by Mecklenburg County.
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