Spring Creek Trail: North Of Renner Road – A Progress Report
Do you remember when Bob reported about this trail over a year ago? Back then it was just an open field and a plan to extend the Spring Creek Trail from the Renner Road at Central Expressway rest stop to Alma Road at the PGB Tollway. We’re happy to report that, over a year later, the trail is mostly – and we stress mostly – complete. Unfortunately, two key portions that will connect it to the Spring Creek Trail are far from complete. Both the passages under Renner Road and Central Expressway still have a long way to go.
Like with the central underpass, just south of Renner, contractors didn’t quite make the goal of February 2011 completion. Considering how bad some of last winter’s snow storms were, the setbacks are understandable.
That didn’t stop us from taking a spin to investigate the progress. Check out some of the shots from the upcoming trail (Click on the map above to see these pics in context).
Passage Under Renner Road - Still Flooded
Trail North Of Renner Road To Central Expressway
Passage Under Central Expressway
West Trail From Central Towards The PGB Tollway
Under The PGB Tollway - Facing West
Under The PGB Tollway - Facing East
Trail Emerging Out From Under The PGB Tollway
End Of The Trail At Alma And PGB Tollway
Some folks have questioned the purpose of this trail. Although it will provide a safe passage under Central Expressway, it really doesn’t provide much of a connection between east and west Richardson. Once it connects to Alma Road, it just stops. Well, according to the Richardson Bicycle-Pedestrian Trailways Plan, it will eventually continue along the PGB Tollway as well as the planned Cottenbelt Trail.
We’d like to see Dallas and Plano provide connections to both north and south Preston Ridge Trail. Fingers crossed.
Follow our coverage of this trail construction:
November 28, 2010
September 26, 2010
August 28, 2010
August 21, 2010
July 25, 2010
June 13, 2010
May 8, 2010
April 3, 2010
March 11, 2010
December 5, 2010
February 13, 2011
March 6, 2011
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Thanks for the report, Richard. It is all coming together.
Thanks for the updates! I love seeing the progression.
New trails are always fun.
Can I prevail on anybody in Richardson to add the new (and existing) bike paths to OpenStreetMap? Open Source tools using OSM bike data is becoming more widespread, but it’s important to have accurate data in place. Google’s bike directions are excellent, but a little bit limiting as well.
In talks with Renee Jordan in the Plano Parks & Rec dept, she is spending money now evaluating how to connect to this trail. As for the “Why Here?”, there’s a lot of folks who commute from points north that work in the Telecom Corridor around this area (including me). This trail is going to knock off a pretty major contentious portion of the ride for several folks that have to cycle through this area…
That’s FANTASTIC news! Thanks for sharing.
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