Macomb County to build 27 miles of trails, bike lanes in 2010

--This article originally appeared on October 22, 2009

Many more miles of trails and bike lanes are coming Macomb County's way in 2010. The county is expecting 27 miles of new pathways on two of its major trails – Macomb Orchard Trail and Metro Parkway Trail.

Construction is expected to begin on a nine-mile connector trail between two sections of the Macomb Orchard Trail. The pathway is already 14.5 miles long and is made up mostly of an asphalt surface. The nine miles of new trail will be made of gravel and connect the cities of Armada and Richmond. Work is expected to finish on the $450,000 project by the Fourth of July 2010, completing Macomb County's first east-west trail.

"It will get you from the border of Oakland County to the border of St. Clair County," says John Crumm, program manager of planning and environmental services for Macomb County.

Beginning next spring, $3 million will be invested in trails and bike lanes in Harrison Township. The project will create 18 miles of pathways and should wrap up in the early fall.

"It's a bunch of little projects that connect all of the neighborhoods to the Metro Parkway Trail," Crumm says.

Source: John Crumm, program manager of planning and environmental services for Macomb County
Writer: Jon Zemke

Macomb County to build 27 miles of trails, bike lanes in 2010

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