Strategic Trails Plan
For the Department of Parks and Recreation
The Strategic Trails Plan was developed over a multi-year planning process beginning in 2015. Work completed by the Toole Design Group consultant team in 2016 has been repackaged and is presented here for public review during the month of August 2018. (Note: Over the course of the planning process, this plan has been referred to as the “Trails Master Plan,” and as the “Trails Implementation Plan.”)
This 35-page document summarizes the planning process and presents the plan’s formal recommendations. Additionally, it provides a list and map of priority trail projects to undertake over the next 10 years.
Part 2: Implementation Action Plan
This nine-page table presents the plan’s formal recommendationsas specific strategies and actions; naming lead and supporting agencies and establishing target timeframes.
Part 3: Plan Elements
Provides technical information and background to inform every aspect of trail development, including planning, funding, design, regulatory factors, construction, management, maintenance, programming, marketing, partnerships and economic impacts. Will be a reorganized version of the May 2016 Draft Plan, with minor changes to content.
Part 4: Summary of Public Outreach and Existing Conditions
This part of the plan provides documentation of the public input received in the planning process and the existing conditions review conducted in 2015.
Contents
Part 1: Plan Summary, Priorities and RecommendationsThis 35-page document summarizes the planning process and presents the plan’s formal recommendations. Additionally, it provides a list and map of priority trail projects to undertake over the next 10 years.
Part 2: Implementation Action Plan
This nine-page table presents the plan’s formal recommendations
Part 3: Plan Elements
Provides technical information and background to inform every aspect of trail development, including planning, funding, design, regulatory factors, construction, management, maintenance, programming, marketing, partnerships and economic impacts. Will be a reorganized version of the May 2016 Draft Plan, with minor changes to content.
Part 4: Summary of Public Outreach and Existing Conditions
This part of the plan provides documentation of the public input received in the planning process and the existing conditions review conducted in 2015.
Maps
Priority Projects List & Map | Details |
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MAP P | Priority Trail Projects (includes Part 1: Appendix 1-2) |
Trail Network Inventory Maps | |
MAP A | 2040 Planned/Proposed Trail Network (Primary & Secondary) |
MAP B | Existing Trails |
MAP C | Existing Trail Ownership |
MAP D | 2040 Planned/Proposed Trail Network (Recreational) |
Trail Planning Maps | |
MAP E | Proposed Destination Trails and Bicycle Loops |
MAP F | Thematic Trails |
MAP G | Proximity to Residential Population |
MAP H | Geographic Distribution of Trails in Park Service Areas |
MAP I | Trail Connectivity to Priority M-NCPPC Parks & Facilities |
MAP J | Trail Connectivity to Plan 2035 Development Centers and Other Activity Centers |
MAP K | Connectivity to Municipalities and Jurisdictions within the County |
MAP L (Available Soon) | Addressing Built Environment Barriers |
MAP M | Connections to Neighboring Jurisdictions |
MAP N | Use of Highway, Railroad and Utility Corridors |
MAP O | Natural Environment Barriers |
Appendices
Resources |
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Features of Primary and Secondary Trails (Part 1: Appendix 1-1) |
Funding Sources for Trails |
Wayfinding |
Signing and Striping Standards |