Sandy Springs opening first Springway Trail section on May 2

A boardwalk crosses Orkin Lake as part of the first section of Sandy Springs Springwalk Trail System PATH Foundation Sandy Springs will celebrate on May the opening of the first section of the city s Springway Trail Master Plan a segment that connects Morgan Falls Overlook Park to Roswell Road at Cimarron Parkway A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at p m on Friday May according to a news release Parking is available in the parking lot next to the Morgan Falls Dog Park at Morgan Falls Road The release revealed the -mile segment includes an to -foot-wide multi-use paved trail with retaining walls a top-down boardwalk across Orkin Lake drainage structures pedestrian bridges roadway realignments landscaping and trail signage Constructed by the City of Sandy Springs in partnership with the Georgia Department of Natural Tools the Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Plan the PATH Foundation and the Sandy Springs Conservancy the Springway Trail cost million and included a million Georgia Outdoor Stewardship Campaign Grant The city was required to provide an approximately million match to cover the remaining construction costs according to the city s website Work on the trail section was delayed in December when contractors encountered unforeseen rock during the construction of the boardwalk over Orkin Lake The city council had to approve two change orders of more than each to continue boardwalk pier drilling operationsFor more information about the trail visit spr gs springway The post Sandy Springs opening first Springway Trail section on May appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta