All transportation projects in an area are managed by a Metropolitan
Planning Organization (MPO). They plan for and fund bicycle projects as well. This
page will portray status of funded multi-use trail projects in the Miami Valley.
Funds will include Federal Transportation Funds as well as Clean Ohio
Funds Bicycle trail projects are funded by the following:
Please Note: Some of the
trail projects on this page are marked as "(Completed
Oct. 2009)" in the "Construction
Year" column of the information. I have left them there to show you what
has been accomplished by the trail developers in the Miami Valley over the
last few years.
August 2010
- I have added the Round 6 Clean Ohio Trail Grants for the local area.
March 2010 -
I have added the CY 2009 CMAQ Funds approved 5 March 2010 for trail
development in the Miami Valley.
October 2009 - I have added information about the 2009 Clean Ohio
Grants to the page.
August
2008 - MVRPC's Long Range Transportation Plan was approved by the Federal
Highway Administration. In Chapter VII of the document are the approved (funded)
and proposed Regional Bikeway and Pedestrian Projects. I have cross referenced
them to the first two tables, MVRPC and Clean Ohio, below. They are also
referenced by the Regional Bikeway
Map .
May 2009 - I have added the MVRPC of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act Funds AKA 2009 Stimulus Funds Projects. Details of all the
projects are available at MVRPC.
March 2008 - I have added the new MVRPC List of CY 2007 approved CMAQ
and STP projects. For more information on what was funded and the unfunded list
go to MVRPC's STP/CMAQ
page on the subject where you can download all of the Adobe files
Acquisition of 16 miles of
abandoned rail corridor from DP&L This will link Darke County to the
Great Miami River Recreation Trail System in Miami County.
Construct- 4.3 mile
trail of which 1.6 miles will be new trail construction and remaining
trail will be lane markings, signage and resurfacing of an existing
bridge.
1.9 mile section of the Great Miami River Trail from the terminus in Hamilton, along the tow path of the former Miami & Erie Canal to Rentschler Preserve in Fairfield
Township.
500K
Unknown
Explanation
of Projects - Here we will explain what each approved project is, the
current status of the project and the time scale for development.
1. Land
Acquisition (DP&L)- Land Acquisition of 11 miles of right-of-way from
Greenville to Union City, Ohio - This acquisition will allow Greenville
to be connected to the existing Union City Gateway at Union City, Oh.
Eventually the trails may be connected to the Cardinal Greenway in
Indiana at Union City, Indiana.
2.Phase
II "Beyond First Mile" - Land Acquisition of right of way West from
Gettysburg towards Greenville - This additional funding will allow
Darke County to continue the construction currently underway called
"The First Mile" towards Greenville.
3.
Lytle Road to Eldean Road Project
- Construction of Great Miami River Recreation
Trail from Eldean Road South about 1.4 miles to Lytle Road. This will
connect Piqua with Troy in Miami County. - This trail section will be
close the gap between Montgomery County and Piqua in Miami County.
4.
Extension of Beavercreek
Trail Connector - This 4,600 foot extension of the "Rotary Park Connector"
will add the Hunter's Ridge community to those who have trail
access.
5.
Clinton County Friendship Trail - Land Acquisition of 28 miles of
railbed from Wilmington Northeast to Washington Court House and the
Fayette County line. The idea that a parks district could buy in one parcel
a 28 mile railbed is astounding! When funds to build what they are
calling the Clinton County Friendship Trail are secured this railbed
will enable Wilmington and Clinton County to connect to the Tri-County
Triangle Trail in Fayette, Highland and Ross counties. The City of
Washington Courthouse already owns the railbed from Washington
Courthouse East to the end of the Xenia-Jamestown
Connector which currently ends at the Fayette County line.
6.
Tri-County Triangle Trail - Ross County received funds to complete six miles of the
trail from Washington Courthouse Southeast to Chillicothe, essentially
finishing this leg of the three legs of the trail. When the Tri-County
Triangle Trail is able to build West to the end of the Xenia-Jamestown
Connector they will join what I have begun to call the Miami
Valley Trails System . And as the Clinton County Trails
Coalition is able to build from Wilmington Northeast to Washington
Courthouse, Clinton County will join the overall trails system.
Grange Hall Road from
Gardenview Drive to Kemp Road
...This project also includes the
construction of a new bikeway along the east side of Grange Hall Road and improved shoulders on
both sides of the roadway to promote pedestrian and bicycle travel...
North Fairfield Road from
Jonathon Drive to
Shakertown Road
...This project also includes the
construction of a new bikeway along the west side of North Fairfield Road to promote pedestrian and
bicycle travel....
Sewer access road from the University of Dayton Parking
Lot to Jane Newcome Park.
Construction of an asphalt multi-use trail, ten feet
wide with two foot shoulder, along the City of Dayton and City of Oakwood corporation line from
the University of Dayton Parking Lot to Jane Newcome Park. This area is an existing sewer
access road.
There are three types of path in this project: 1)
The south end starts with approximately 220' of 10 foot wide concrete path to be located on the north
side of Stroop Road between Hempstead Station Drive and Mayfield Avenue. 2) Starting on
Mayfield Avenue the path is going to be on neighborhood streets that will be designated and
signed as "shared roadway" for both bicycles and motorized vehicles. The shared roadway solution
extends to the former railroad route where it intersects Wiltshire Blvd. The total length of
proposed shared roadway is approximately 2.6 miles. 3) From Wiltshire Blvd. to the Jane
Newcom Park the path will be a proposed 1,500' long by 10 foot wide asphalt path built on former
R/R property.
Garnsey Street from the
Great Miami River
Recreational Trail to Mote
Park and Commercial Street
from Garnsey Street to the
Piqua Activity Trail for Your Health (P.A.T.H.)
Construct short segments of multi-use trails at both
ends of project to connect the existing trail facilities
to the existing street improvements and making the
necessary improvements along the two street
corridors to designate the bike route and enhance
the pedestrian pathways...adding the appropriate signage, pavement markings and tree plantings to create a safe and
inviting bike and pedestrian route
East Central Ave. between
South Alex Road and Marina
Drive
This project will create a 1450 foot long, 5 foot
wide bike lane along E. Central Avenue between
Marina Drive and S. Alex Road by utilizing the
existing pavement in the right turn lane. This
existing 10 foot wide turn lane will be divided into a
5 foot bike lane and 5 foot tree lawn. This will be
accomplished by moving the existing curb 5 feet to
the south. The bike lane will be separated from the
thru traffic with pavement markings. The bike lane
will connect to the existing Great Miami Trail at
Marina Drive with a 150 foot long, 10 foot wide bike
trail.
$305,520
2015
Explanation
of Projects - Here we will explain what each approved project is, the
current status of the project and the time scale for development.
Grange Hall Road Widening Project
- The City of Beavercreek in 2010 has widened Grange
Hall Road, adding new sidewalks and curbs to the road. Once that work is
complete (and some new drainage lines are installed) work should begin on
building a short trail segment on the East side of Grange Hall Road South
from the staging area to Research Blvd.
Iron
Horse Trail - Southeast Bikeway Corridor (City of Kettering - This
construction is a part of the overall construction mentioned in 3 (Above).
The trail will run Southeast from the University of Dayton to the existing
trail in Kettering. The money in #3 above is for the City of Dayton to
construct part of the trail. The funds in #4 (here) are for the City of
Kettering to build their portion of the trail.
From Iron Horse Park in
Centerville, south to I-675.
Complete paving of 0.4 miles of bike path, drainage
improvements and construction of fencing for safety of trail users.
City
used own funding for trail which totaled $118,773.
$99,390
2009
(Completed)
Oct. 2009
STIM09-41
Added May 2009
City
of Beavercreek
Creekside Trail Resurfacing Project
Creekside
Trail Bikeway
Resurfacing the bikeway including pavement markings, the
placement of aggregate to eliminate drops at the edge of pavement and
the upgrading of existing curb ramps.
$220,000
2010
STIM09-76
Added May 2009
City
of Xenia
Bicycle and Pedestrian Crossing Improvement from Xenia
Station Hub to the Ohio-Erie Trail
South Detroit Street at Miami Avenue, Hill Street and
Washington Street.
Improve crosswalk with proper pavement marking,
re-orient existing accessible ramps, widen existing sidewalks, replace
an existing catch basin with a storm manhole and install appropriate
pedestrian and bicycle signage
Map References
- For example look at project #6 below. It's the planned Bellbrook to Spring
Valley connection. I have added a column to the chart on left called "Map
Ref." This trails reference is "C10". So go to the map and find
"C10". It's in Greene County and it's color is brown. Looking at the
map legend, that brown color is identified as the Germantown - Bowersville
Connector. And you can see that some day we may have a trail from
Bowersville in extreme Southeast Greene County to Germantown in Montgomery
County.
This project complements the existing Creekside Trail and the recently constructed Grange Hall
Road Staging area. This project will provide a direct connection to the Creekside Trail, a major regional non-motorized facility.
Old
Springfield Road in Montgomery County N. thru Monroe Twp. to inside Kyle
Park, Tipp City; and, N. from City Park, Tipp City thru Monroe Twp. to
meet S. end of completed Concord Twp trail
Construct
two trail segments: 1. Old Springfield Rd. in Montgomery County N.
thru Monroe Twp. to inside Kyle Park, Tipp City; 2.
Inside City Park,
Tipp City N. thru Monroe Twp. to inside Concord Twp. to join Section
1GMRRT
Section
(1)
$1,577,000
(2) $2,670,000
2009
1. On
Contract Summer 2010
"2" completed Fall 2008
From
existing bike trail at Market Street following the river levee to
Riverside Drive - Construct a new bikeway as part of the Miami County
Recreation Trail
This
1.30 mile section of the Great Miami River Recreational Trail will
run from Peterson Road South
through Twin Arches Park at Eldean Road to Duke Park (Troy)
$930,000
2009
(Completed
Oct. 2009
20
Added March
2008
Miami County Park District
Great Miami Recreational Trail Bridge Connection
Austin Pike from Washington Church Road to Yankee Street
and Yankee Street from Austin Pike/Social Row to Winding Green Way.
Widen Austin Pike and Yankee Street from two to five
lanes. A recreational trail will be constructed
on
one side of Austin Pike,
$12,015,214
2012
Table has been modified from MVRPC Table 2005
STP-CMAQ-TE Approved Project Listing I have deleted all
non-cycling projects from the original table. This table will be used to explain
the development of funded cycling projects in the Miami Valley.
Explanation
of Projects - Here we will explain what each approved project is, the
current status of the project and the time scale for development.
Beavercreek
Station Parking Facility- This is a staging area next to the Creekside
Trail that will include, parking, a rustic station with lighting,
inside restrooms and water. The Station will be at the intersection of Old
Mill Lane at the trail. Completion is planned for the Spring of
2011.
Grange Hall Road Bikepath (Nominal Name)
- This is a short bike spur that will run South from the
intersection of the Creekside Trail and
Grange Hall Road in Beavercreek. The approximately 1,600 foot spur will
end at Research Blvd which is SR-825. The exact route of the trail
has not been determined and the planned completion date is 2010.
Kettering Multi-Use Path - This is the
extension of the Iron Horse Trail North from the City of Kettering's
border with Centerville North through Delco Park to State Farm Park. The
City of Centerville is building the trail North from Iron Horse Park to
the city border with Kettering. The Iron Horse Trail from State Farm Park
North to the Creekside Recreation Trail is
complete.
Dryden Road Multi-Modal
Path - (Nominal Name) The current plan is to
build this trail North from Main Street (Formerly Old Sellars Road)
in Moraine to Northlawn Avenue a distance of approximately 1.5 miles.
Completion of this trail section is planned for the year 2011. Long range
plans are to connect the City of Moraine to the Great
Miami River Recreation Trail that runs along the city's West
boundary in several places.
Xenia-Jamestown Connector
Bikeway - The Xenia-Jamestown Connector current exists from
Jamestown West to Jasper Road. These funds will build a 400' tunnel under
US-35 and extend the trail from Jasper Road. The route will be in asouthwest direction that curves west and eventually
northwest along Home Avenue to reach Xenia Station.
Bellbrook-Spring Valley Connector
- This trail
spur will connect the city of Bellbrook at Sackett-WrightPark
East to the
Little Miami Scenic Trail at Spring Valley. A Feasibility Study
was awarded in Spring 2006 to plan the trail and the results were shown at
an informational meeting in Bellbrook 10 September 2008. The route which
is not finalized will run alongside SR-725.
Yellow
Springs Bike Connector- This connector will make access to
the Little Miami Scenic Trail easier from Yellow Springs.
Miami Valley Recreation
Trails/Regional Signage
Proposal - These funds will be utilized to implement uniform informational signage along many of the trails in Miami, Montgomery and Greene counties. These signs will not replace existing
signs, but will supplement them and provide consistent trail information, to make the trail system easier to navigate. The
Miami Conservancy District is leading the effort and has eight other participating partner jurisdictions including: City of Centerville,
Washington Twp. (in Montgomery County), Centerville-Washington Twp. Park District, Five Rivers Metro Parks, Greene County Parks, Miami County Park District, City of Tipp City and City of Piqua. The new signs will first appear in 2007.
Great
Miami River Recreation Trail (Miami County)[GMRRT] -Great
Miami River Recreation Trail (Montgomery & Miami Counties) (GMRRT)
This trail will start at Old Springfield Rd. in northern Montgomery County and run
northward through Miami County to the Shelby County Line. Along the way are seven numbered
sections and three cities: Tipp City, Troy and Piqua so together there are
10 separate trail project sections. This construction is for:
Section
3 - Tipp City North to the existing 1.6 mile trail in Concord
Township at Dye Mill Road and County Road 25A.
Section
4 - From Tipp City's Kyle Park the trail will run south down
Canal Road through Monroe Township and Montgomery County to Old
Springfield Road & connect with the completed Great
Miami River Recreation Trail (Northern Segment) in Montgomery
County. This section will be bid in July 2009 with construction
starting in 2009 and ending in 2010.
Great
Miami River Recreation Trail (Miami County) Section 5 -
This 1.30 mile section of the Great Miami River Recreational Trail will
run from Peterson Road South
through Twin Arches Park at Eldean Road to Duke Park (Troy). This trail segment
will connect to Section 6 (see below) to the South.
Section 5-
This is called Section 5 of the trail. See the trail page for more
detail.
GMRRT Troy
Bikeway Connector - Construction of a new section of tail to
replace the existing trail on the sidewalk atop the levee. Trail will be
constructed in the flood plain of the Great Miami River.
[Completed
Fall 2007].
The trail has been known as the Great
Miami River Recreation Trail (Northern Segment) for some
years. This construction will complete the connection between the
trail in Taylorsville MetroPark to the trail in downtown Dayton at
Triangle Park.
[Complete
July 2008]
Wolf Creek
Recreation Trail - This construction will close most of the
gap between the trail in downtown Dayton called the
Paul Lawrence Dunbar Connector from the Great Miami River to Wesleyan
MetroPark with the main section of the trail called the Wolf
Creek Recreation Trail that runs Northwest from the City of
Trotwood, through Brookville to end at Verona.
RiverScape Phase 3
- Five Rivers MetroParks is planning to build a bicycle hub in downtown
Dayton at the RiverScape
location at Monument and Riverside Drives.
Austin Pike
Remodeling - This first construction project to move Austin
Pike North of the airport will also add a one mile bicycle trail in 2012.
Eventually the plan is to run a trail route through Southern Montgomery
County from Crains Run Nature Park at the Great
Miami River Recreation Trail East along Austin Pike and the Social
Row Road to connect to the Little Miami Scenic
Trail at Spring Valley or Waynesville.
Build a 10ft
wide, 2 mile asphalt concrete surface. The trail will start in the
City of Greenville go through Gettysburg and within one half
mile of Bradford G
$250,667
Trail
Complete
Note: There is no map reference on these projects
because the map consists of only Montgomery, Greene & Miami Counties which
comprise the planning area for MVRPC. These projects are in Champaign and
Darke Counties.
Explanation
of Projects - Here we will explain what each approved project is, the
current status of the project and the time scale for development (if
known).
Urbana-Bellefontaine
Connector Phase 1 - This is the
continuation of the Simon Kenton Trail North from Urbana to Bellefontaine. The new trail will start at the Urbana
Depot and run Northeast about 100 yards on the existing trail.
Then a ramp will be built from the existing trail up to the Railroad
Bridge that crosses over the existing trail. The trail will
continue North about another mile along the old railbed to end at Grimes
Field (Urbana's airport).
Darke
County to Miami County Connector- The trail will start
in downtown Greenville at the Greenville
Creek Trail in Alice Bish Park. It will travel East with the construction
of about two miles of trail through Gettysburg and within one half mile of
Bradford. Construction is hoped to start in Spring 2010.
Construct 3.7
miles of 10-foot asphalt shared-use trail and construct a tunnel under
U.S. 35 and a bridge over S. Detroit to make a connection into Xenia
Station to complete the 11-mile trail
Construction on
6.5 - miles of existing Prairie Grass Trail, including the laying of
asphalt on prepared base, some improvement, stripe pavement, berm and
seed.
Design and
construct 2.2 miles of the Great Miami River Recreation Trail.
$390,000
2009
(Complete
September 2009)
Explanation
of Projects - Here we will explain what each approved project is, the
current status of the project and the time scale for development (if
known).
Xenia-Jamestown
Connector - Additional funds (See 5. above) to finish the
Xenia-Jamestown Connector West from the trail's current end at Jasper Road
under U. S. 35 in a 400' tunnel and along and East of Home Road to meet
with the beginning of the Prairie Grass Trail across South Detroit Street
from Xenia Station. Construction will include building a bicycle bridge
over South Detroit Street so that both the Prairie Grass Trail (AKA Ohio
To Erie Trail) and the Xenia-Jamestown Connector can cross the road to
Xenia Station.
Xenia-Jamestown
Connector - This grant provides for Greene County to pave 4.24 miles of trail East from Jamestown to
the Greene/Fayette County line. Later the trail will be extended by
Fayette County into the City of Washington Court House. The 13.5 miles of
railbed as been owned for some time by the two counties. This grant will
help build the trail to the East while the grant above will help finish the
trail West to Xenia Station. [Complete July
2008]
Great
Miami River Recreation Trail (Miami County) - This section
of trail was completed from Lock 9 Park in Piqua South to Peterson Road
and dedicated June 2009 This trail is also known as Section 6 of the trail south of Piqua.
Iron
Horse Trail - This trail is being built South and West from the
existing end of trail in Beavercreek through the City of Kettering and
into the City of Centerville to Iron Horse Park. Current funding will
build North from Iron Horse Park to just across the City of Kettering Line
at
Hempstead Station Drive. [Complete Fall 2008]
Prairie
Grass Trail - Funding
will provide for the paving of the trail from Maple Street (East of
downtown) 6.5 miles East of Wilson Road. This will bring the Prairie Grass
Trail (AKA Ohio To Erie Trail) to within 2 miles of the Franklin County
(Columbus) line. From here the Ohio To Erie Trail will continue in
Franklin County on what is known as the Camp Chase Rail Trail. [Completed
November 2007]
Great
Miami River Recreation Trail (Butler & Hamilton Counties)
- These funds will pay for the development of the trail North
from State Route 4 in Middletown 1.92 miles to State Route 73. Complete
Sept. 2009] The
distance from Franklin to the existing trail in Middletown is 4.2 miles.
When this construction is complete there will be about a 2 mile gap between
Franklin and the Miami Preserve Park.
Explanation
of Projects - Here we will explain what each approved project is, the
current status of the project and the time scale for development (if
known).
The Tecumseh Trail - The plan is to construct a 2 mile
North to South trail through the City of New Carlisle.
Little
Miami Scenic Trail - The plan is to build a multi-use trail
from I-70 North to connect with the existing off-road trail ending at the
Heritage Center in downtown Springfield.
The Tecumseh Trail
- These funds will extend the trail South along the East side of
SR-235 to the Tecumseh YMCA.
Bethel Township Study -
This 100% CMAQ funded project would prepare a study for future trails
development in Bethel Township.
Little
Miami Scenic Trail - As the trail comes into downtown
Springfield, it currently goes under a railroad bridge. The project would
add lighting in the tunnel under the bridge.
All transportation projects in an area are managed by a Metropolitan
Planning Organization (MPO). They plan for and fund bicycle projects as well. This
page will portray status of funded multi-use trail projects in the Miami Valley.
Funds will include Federal Transportation Funds as well as Clean Ohio
Funds Bicycle trail projects are funded by the following:
