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Skinker-DeBaliviere can look forward to the arrival of two pedestrian/bicycle trails through efforts of the Great Rivers Greenway District and members of the Skinker-DeBaliviere Greenways and Transportation committees.
This trail is part of a larger plan to connect rivers and water areas in greater St. Louis via pedestrian and bicycle trails. Known as the Great River Ring, the main trails will originate at the Lindell Pavilion in Forest Park, with the St. Vincent’s Greenway heading north to end at Ramona Lake just north of the UMSL Campus, and the Centennial Greenway shooting northwest to finish at Creve Coeur Lake. Construction of the St. Vincent’s trail commences this summer.
The trail will traverse DeBaliviere and head north at Delmar through Ruth Porter Mall.
The goals of the trail system are to facilitate connection between communities and parks, integrate underutilized lands, and to be a catalyst for new development. Ruth Porter Mall will undergo a clean up April 15th, with support from the Parks Department. Everyone is invited to roll up their sleeves and assist with clean-up efforts.
The Centennial Greenway trail is further off, with construction anticipated to being in 2007.
A spur of this trail will connect the North Loop to Washington University via Ackert Parkway and then cross into Forest Park at Forsyth and Skinker. Skinker-DeBaliviere neighbors worked hard to secure a path to connect our neighborhood to Forest Park via Des Peres.
With construction slated to begin in 2009, this trail will utilize the light at Forest Park and Lindell, traverse the section of Des Peres recently cauterized to motoring traffic by Metro Link, cross the pedestrian bridge, utilize the traffic light at Forest Park Boulevard and continue north along Des Peres Avenue. Possibly passing under Delmar, the trail will run alongside Metrolink tracks and then go west along Vernon, connecting with the Ackert Parkway spur and proceed northwest along a patchwork of parks, street side improvements and right of way easement to arrive at Creve Coeur Park in Maryland Heights. Members of the Skinker-DeBaliviere Greenways and Transportation committees are planning to hold an informational meeting in mid-April to present the trail plan and discuss the impact of the trail for the Skinker-DeBaliviere community. Look for an announcement soon.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April–May 2006.
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