To: Members of the Parks and Recreation Commission
From: Jeff Smullen, Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation
Title
Update on Trail Project to Connect Philip S. Miller Park to Downtown Castle Rock along the Industrial Tributary
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Executive Summary
The purpose of this agenda item is to showcase and tour a trail segment addition connecting Philip S. Miller Park to the Miller’s Landing development and speak to the planned trail that will connect the regional park to Downtown Castle Rock along the Industrial Tributary drainage.
Included in the Parks and Recreation Master Plan, the Industrial Tributary Trail will improve safety by providing an alternate pedestrian connection outside the busy Plum Creek Parkway and I-25 interchange. The Town's portion of this project will construct 1 mile of 10-foot-wide paved trail from Philip S. Miller Park under Prairie Hawk Drive and the BNSF railroad, and link users to the existing East Plum Creek Trail via a pedestrian bridge over the creek. The Miller's Landing and Brickyard developments are separately funding and constructing the first .5 mile of trail from the underpass at Plum Creek Parkway to Prairie Hawk Drive. The Miller’s Landing portion has been built but is not yet open.
The Town's portion of the project will be funded partly through a nearly $5 million grant award from the Denver Regional Council of Governments Transportation Improvement Program. In fall 2023, Town Council approved an Intergovernmental Agreement with the State of Colorado and the Colorado Department of Transportation to proceed with the grant. Council also approved an agreement with Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineering and Architects to design the Town's portion of the future trail.
Design engineering is expected to be completed in fall 2024, with construction commencing and concluding in 2025 for the Town’s segment. The Parks and Recreation Commission will also need to select and endorse a name for this planned trail for Town Council approval later this year. Staff will prepare a separate agenda item with naming options for a future meeting.
Attachments
Attachment A - Project Map