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“WE’RE GOING TO CONSIDER THIS OUR ONE OF THE GATEWAYS TO THE CITY.” A FIRST OF ITS KIND IN FRISCO IS NOW READY FOR WALKERS, RUNNERS AND BIKE RIDERS.
“SHORT SECTION OF TRAIL THAT CREATES A BIG IMPACT.” THE CITY OF FRISCO TRANSFORMED A SIMPLE POWERLINE EASEMENT INTO A TRAIL CONNECTION IN NORTHWEST FRISCO.
“WE’RE HERE AT THE MONARCH HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL. IT’S OUR NEW .2 MILE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL THAT WE JUST COMPLETED HERE IN THE CITY.” THE TRAIL BRINGS USERS FROM FM 423, JUST SOUTH OF FIELDS PARKWAY, INTO THE GLEN VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD AND ONTO THE WALKING LOOP AROUND MONARCH VIEW NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.
“IT WILL EVENTUALLY CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE PGA TRAIL AND NORTHWEST COMMUNITY PARK, ALL THE WAY TO LEGACY, FIELDS DEVELOPMENT AND ULTIMATELY AT SOME POINT THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY.” THIS IS THE FIRST PROJECT WHERE THE CITY AMENITIZED A UTILITY CORRIDOR.
ONLY TRAILS AND SMALL PLANTS CAN BE PUT IN THESE EASEMENTS.
“IT WAS A CHALLENGING PROJECT, BUT ALL PROJECTS ARE CHALLENGING ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’RE TRYING TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL WITH DESIGN.” THE CITY INTRODUCED THE UTILIZATION OF THESE EASEMENTS IN THE HIKE AND BIKE MASTER PLAN APPROVED IN 2019.
“I’M A BIG FAN OF HAVING PROJECTS THAT HAVE LIKE DUAL PURPOSES.” THE CITY WORKED WITH COSERV AND BRAZOS ELECTRIC TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE.
PARKS PLANNERS HOPE TO CONTINUE TO CREATE CONNECTIONS THROUGH THESE CORRIDORS IN THE FUTURE.
MONARCH TRAIL AND ITS CONNECTING PARK ALSO INVITE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES TO MAKE A STOP DURING MIGRATION BETWEEN AUGUST AND OCTOBER.
“THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS IN THE CITY WHERE THE PATTERNS OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY COMES THROUGH.” NATIVE TEXAS PLANTS AND FLOWERS THAT ATTRACT MONARCH ARE PART OF THE DESIGN.
“IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM ABOVE, THE WAY THAT THE SIDEWALK HAS BEEN BUILT, IT’S NOT YOUR TYPICAL CURVED SIDEWALK, IT’S MORE STAGGERED BECAUSE IT’S TRYING TO MIMIC A LITTLE BIT OF THE PATTERN OF HOW BUTTERFLIES MOVE.” THE TRAIL PROJECT COST ABOUT $1.1 MILLION AND WAS PAID FOR WITH VOTER APPROVED BONDS.
“HOPEFULLY BLUE BONNETS WILL START SHOWING UP IN THE NEXT SPRING.”
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.