Park City officials on Wednesday are scheduled to outline plans to build a pathway in Prospector that will be a crucial link in City Hall’s long-running efforts to link neighborhoods with pedestrian and bicyclist routes.
The open house is scheduled from 3:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. at the Treasure Mountain International School cafeteria. It will be focused on the blueprints for a pathway running along the east side of Comstock Drive between Kearns Boulevard and Sidewinder Drive. It is designed to be eight feet wide and separated from the street by four feet of xeriscaping.
Heinrich Deters, who is City Hall’s trails coordinator, said the pathway is a critical link that will create a network of linked of trails and pathways stretching across much of the city.
“This is the last piece of the puzzle for the spine system,” Deters said.
People will be able to use trails or pathways to travel between distant destinations like Main Street and the Park City School District campus on Kearns Boulevard with the Comstock Drive work. Deters predicts many students will use the pathway.
Deters anticipates City Hall staffers and the contractor hired for the work will be in attendance at the open house. Representatives from Questar Gas are scheduled to attend as well to explain a project involving a gas line along the same route. The Park City Water Department is also anticipated to be represented to discuss a waterworks project in the vicinity.
Deters said construction is scheduled to start on the pathway as early as June 13. The Park City Council on Thursday awarded a $613,449 contract for the construction of the pathway. Money raised in a ballot measure to fund pedestrian and bicyclist improvements was used to finance the pathway.
Deters said the pathway is anticipated to be completed by October 10.
The contract awarded on Thursday also calls for a six-foot-wide sidewalk on the south side of Sidewinder Drive between Comstock Drive and Gold Dust Lane.
The project continues City Hall’s aggressive program meant to make Park City an easier place to navigate for pedestrians, bicyclists and others not driving cars. Leaders see the efforts as having numerous benefits, including less traffic and fewer emissions.
More information about the project and the open house is available on City Hall’s website, www.parkcity.org . Once at the front page, select the ‘Comstock-Sidewinder Walkability Project Open House” link. A hotline has also been set up, 435-200-3257, as well as an e-mail address, [email protected] .