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Extending the Swamp Rabbit Trail to the Taylors community and the city of Greer is a step in the right direction. How the extension connects to downtown Greenville long-term remains to be addressed.
There's currently a separate section of SRT in Conestee, but yeah, another disconnected section wouldn't seem the same as the original SRT as you couldn't get from one to another without leaving the trail. Good for Taylors though because it will help people be active on a safe trail and avoid dangerous streets while running and biking.
I'd really like to see a proposed route. Hard to envision just where a connection would best be made with the existing trail
It can be challenging to build a trail extension without a plan in where it would connect to the existing trail, and what the extension's route would be. Various Greenville County entities may want to get to the drawing board on this.
It can be challenging to build a trail extension without a plan in where it would connect to the existing trail, and what the extension's route would be. Various Greenville County entities may want to get to the drawing board on this.
Various Greenville entities are already involved, including the Greenville County Planning Commission, and the Greenville County Rec Dept. This is something that will take years to fulfill, but the entities are working together to make it happen.
I'd really like to see a proposed route. Hard to envision just where a connection would best be made with the existing trail
Yes. They must have some route in mind.
Looking at the map, it seems to me they plan on running the trail along Brushy Creek, which makes sense. These trails typically go along rivers and creeks (if they aren't rails to trails), and land is easier to acquire, often using FEMA funds to do it.
My least favorite quote in the article:
"Property rights and funding would have to be secured first, though, and that’s a process that could take more than a decade."
Looking at the map, it seems to me they plan on running the trail along Brushy Creek, which makes sense. These trails typically go along rivers and creeks (if they aren't rails to trails), and land is easier to acquire, often using FEMA funds to do it.
My least favorite quote in the article:
"Property rights and funding would have to be secured first, though, and that’s a process that could take more than a decade."
If the trail is going through the Taylors Mill community and along Brushy Creek, I could see the trail parallel to Old Spartanburg Road, then through the Kingsgate, Wellington Green, and Botany Woods neighborhoods in the Greenville community.
If the trail is going through the Taylors Mill community and along Brushy Creek, I could see the trail parallel to Old Spartanburg Road, then through the Kingsgate, Wellington Green, and Botany Woods neighborhoods in the Greenville community.
Parkins Mill successfully blocked the Swamp Rabbit from going through their backyards. I wonder if Botany Woods has the same desire and clout to stop a trail?
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