Parks Capital Projects Update

Where are we now?
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City of Loveland Recreation Trail
2016 Update – Parks and Recreation, Projects
CURRENT PROJECTS
1. Colorado Front Range Trail – North of Boyd Lake, west side of
CR 11C heading to Fort Collins. Working on final easements,
construction summer 2016.
2. Long View Trail Corridor – north of 57th and Taft (Sunset Vista
NA), design in progress, construction fall 2016
3. Flood Recovery – Wilson Bridge and recreation trail between
Taft and Wilson Ave. FEMA review required. Bridge
construction scheduled for fall/winter 2016/17.
4. Viestenz-Smith Mountain Park – flood reconstruction, 1121
Highway 34, Final designs complete, CLOMR in progress with
FEMA. Construction planned to start in September 2016. Park
to reopen fall 2017
5. Trail from Namaqua to W. US 287 Underpass – design and
construct the ¾ mile trail from Namaqua Rd. west to the
GLIC ditch crossing and connect to the US 387 underpass.
Front Range Trail
 Collaborative project:
Loveland , Larimer
County and Ft. Collins
 Trail from CR 11C @
Boyd Lake State Park
to CR 30 then west to
Larimer County trail
connection between
CR 30 and Carpenter
Road
 Staff finalizing
construction
documents,
construction 2016
LONG VIEW CORRIDOR TRAIL
• Collaborative project:
Loveland , Larimer County
and Ft. Collins
• Connect the 2 Cities and
County with 4.4 miles of new
trail, paralleling Taft
Ave/Shields Street (Off –
Road)
• Connect - 4 Natural Areas
and Cities recreational trails
Priorities – 2016 & 2017
 Complete design and construct the North Front Range Trail to Fort Collins
(2016)
 Rebuild the Wilson Ave. Trail Bridge and complete trail restoration between
Taft and Wilson Ave. Completed design and secure FEMA funding summer
2015, construct over winter 2016
 Rebuild Viestenz-Smith Mountain Park – reopen in 2017
 Continue to secure easements from Wilson to Namaqua and construct trail
from Namaqua to US 287 , secure easements from Rossum to US 287 (10c) .
 Complete design of Long View Corridor Trail (2016), construction (2016/2017)
 Continue to secure easements for the future trail connections
• Trail Segment 7c – 57th to US 287 Underpass
• Denver Avenue to Boyd Lake Avenue (Seg. 12)