Manila Trail Now Open
Press release from Redwood Coast Action Agency:
On December 5, community members, project partners and Humboldt County officials held a grand opening event for the new Manila Trail along the western side of Highway 255. The paved trail helps connect neighborhoods and provides a biking and walking route to the Redwood Coast Montessori school at the Manila Community Center. Students from Redwood Coast Montessori attended the festivities complete with trail-themed cupcakes and a ribbon cutting. The ten-foot wide shared-use trail is separated from Highway 255 and extends from Pacific Avenue to Lupine Drive. The project includes nearly 200 feet of sidewalk along Pacific Avenue, two crosswalks and two streetlights at the intersection of Pacific Avenue and Highway 255, a crosswalk at Lupine Drive, on-site wetland creation and an interpretive sign.Community members and project partners attended the Manila Trail Grand Opening. [Photo by Mike Wilson]
Colleen Clifford, a Manila resident, attended the event and shared what the trail means to her. “This may be a short trail, but it means a lot to me and my family because it is a safe path for my kids to ride across our small town and enjoy other areas of Manila. We appreciate the leadership of all who made it happen.”
The project was a collaboration between Humboldt County, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and the Manila Community Services District. Humboldt County constructed the project with funding provided by the state Active Transportation Program and State Highway Operation and Protection Program. The construction contractor was Wahlund Construction. Construction engineering services were provided by Ghirardelli Associates and GHD, Inc. with oversight by Caltrans.
Bicycle-themed cupcakes were part of the celebration. [Photo by Mike Wilson]
Location of Manila Trail
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Trails can be a valuable asset to a community and hopefully this one will end up adding a safe crosswalk between the east side and west side of this community. I know the original design had to go back to a renewed environmental study even after it was approved by the Planning Commission and was shortened by half. I wonder if the original $1.5 million construction cost was cut in half also.
I imagine a good portion of that went for cupcakes!
Probably double that nowadays you know price everything through the roof including construction