[00:00:01]
"ESSENTIALLY IT'S A BRAND NEW TRAIL." UNIQUE BRIDGES CONNECT THREE NEIGHBORHOODS IN NORTHERN FRISCO WHILE ALSO UPDATING A TRAIL.
"WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND USE THE TRAIL." CREWS ARE PUTTING THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THE EXPANDED DOMINION HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL. AND SOME PEOPLE ARE ALREADY ENJOYING IT. "SO THERE WAS A TRAIL EXISTING BUT IT WAS SEGMENTED OR PATCHY. THERE WERE SECTIONS THAT WERE NOT FINISHED. THERE WERE SECTIONS THAT WHERE THERE WERE NO SIDEWALKS. IT WAS JUST GRASS AND SO YOU WOULD HAVE SIDEWALKS THAT KIND OF LED TO NOWHERE. WHAT WE DID WITH THIS NEW DOMINION TRAIL IS MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS." THE 1.2 MILE TRAIL BRINGS WALKERS, RUNNERS AND RIDERS FROM PRESTON ACROSS TO HILLCREST ROAD BETWEEN ELDORADO AND PANTHER CREEK PARKWAYS. "THIS IS FOLLOWING OUR TRAILS MASTER PLAN. THIS IS A PRETTY BIG SEGMENT OF THAT." HELPING MAKE THE CONNECTIONS ARE BRIDGES OVER PANTHER CREEK. "WE HAVE THREE BRIDGES ALONG THIS TRAIL. WE'RE USING MATERIAL THAT'S NEW TECHNOLOGY, A COMPOSITE MATERIAL." THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE CITY OF FRISCO HAS USED THIS TYPE OF BRIDGE, WHICH REQUIRES MINIMAL MAINTENANCE AND WILL LAST FOR DECADES. "BEFORE RESIDENTS ON ONE SIDE COULD NOT ACCESS THE OTHER SIDE. NOW THERE'S THE CONNECTIONS AND THAT CREEK IS NOT SEPARATING THEM." VOTER APPROVED BONDS PAID FOR THE $5 MILLION PROJECT.
"WHEN YOU GET IN THERE IT'S A RESPITE FROM THE REST OF THE CITY.
YOU DON'T REALLY REALIZE THAT YOU'RE IN
AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT WHEN YOU'RE ON THE TRAIL
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.