$875,000 project included $700,000 AMATS grant
The new trail linking John Brown Tannery Park to Fred Fuller Park isn't officially open because construction is ongoing. Yet Kent residents are using the trail — which is about 95 percent finished — anyway. Kent Parks and Recreation Director John Idone said the new path, part of the countywide Portage Bike and Hike Trail, is meant to bring people who otherwise would not have access, such as seniors, people in wheelchairs and families with strollers, to the scenic banks of the Cuyahoga River. "Families are the big thing," he said. "It's essentially open now. We're trying to keep people off of it, but once the concrete went down it's really hard to keep people off of it." Idone said he understands runners and others who preferred the simple …
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Fred Fuller Park
Middlebury Road Haymaker Parkway, Kent, Oh
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John Brown Tannery Park
Stow Street, Kent, Oh
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Trail remains open while construction starts on new bridge
The entrance to The Portage Hike and Bike Trail near the intersection of Crain Avenue and Lake Street will be closed for construction of the new pedestrian bridge. The path extends from near the old Crain Avenue Bridge northeast towards Beckwith Orchards. City officials said the trail itself will remain open, but users will not be able to access it from the trail entrance near the old bridge. The old bridge is in the process of being demolished to make way for a new pedestrian-only bridge that will stand in its place. The trail entrance will remain closed until further notice throughout the project, which is expected to wrap up late this year.
Wilburforce
9:51 am on Thursday, November 22, 2012
Yep gotta get the ball fields open and the kids out of the house and cookie jar. more ›