Augusta Canal project to start (Savannah, Marietta: lease, quality of life, vehicles)

[nortonguy]

Excellent way of improving the quality of life in Augusta.

Work began this week on a five-month project to expand, improve and realign parking areas and access trails at the Augusta Canal headgates area.

The series of improvementswill include a new, larger parking lot near the existing gravel parking lot. "The gravel lot will be almost doubled, so when all this is done, not only will you have access to what used to be gravel -- and will be asphalted -- but there will be a second lot."

The project also includes a new bicycle path that will extend from the park entrance on Evans to Locks Road along a strip of land leased by the county from Martin-Marietta, which owns the adjoining quarry property. The trail will eventually lead down the steep hill to the footbridge over the canal near Reed Creek. One of the trail's benefits is that it will separate bicycles and pedestrians from the busy parking lots and motor vehicles.

The work also includes three new picnic pavilions at the headgates area, she said. "One of them is 20-by-40 feet and two are 20 by 20 and all can be rented," she said. Amenities that will be included are ceiling fans and grills. The area will even have a doggie drinking fountain.

Work on trails, parking begins at headgates

[Hot_Mike]

What is the deal with the white water park? Has anyone seen it?

[All4Augusta]

nope

[abeecee]

Thanks for the post on Headgate park improvements, but who is being quoted? Just curious. The whitewate park is just an idea but I don't think it is in any way an official "Park" .

[nortonguy]

Downtown whitewater effort to begin Saturday in Augusta 090109 - The Augusta Chronicle

"Whitewater Park," an urban water rapids course meandering through downtown and spilling into the Savannah River.

Whitewater park has been been open since September 2009. Aqueduct Park is open too.

[nortonguy]

The Whitewater park ''offically opens March 2010...

Videos of Aqueduct Park


YouTube - Kayaking Augusta GA Aqueduct Park Andy Colbert


YouTube - Zach at Augusta Canal


YouTube - Augusta Canal Headgates, 2/2/08

[joeyrun]

Terrific videos, the canal is a great thing to have.

[expatriado]

It will all be predictably rendered down to even more county commissioner bickering, poorly managed and finally left for dead (see Augusta TEE center).