The city of Stillwater, suddenly finding itself rich with walking and cycling trails, soon will float its vision for a new master plan in a public open house.
The vision is to "build on Stillwater's history and natural setting to become a leading active transportation community and one of Minnesota's premier trail destinations," the city said Friday.
Now that the new Brown's Creek State Trail has opened — providing a 5.8-mile recreational connection from downtown Stillwater to the Gateway State Trail in the city of Grant — the city looks forward to another major trail opening in 2017.
That's when the Lift Bridge closes to vehicle traffic and a new loop trail will cross that bridge and the new bridge at Oak Park Heights.
The open house will be held June 4 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at City Hall. City officials will present a draft of the master plan with a question and comment period to follow.
To view the plan, visit www.ci.stillwater.mn.us/trailplanupdate. To comment, visit www.ci.stillwater.mn.us/trailplansurvey.
Kevin Giles
Dakota County
Residents can learn about roundabout, trail plans
West St. Paul residents who are interested in a roundabout planned for the intersection of Oakdale and Wentworth avenues can learn about the project and give feedback at a June 3 meeting.
City and Dakota County staff will be available to answer questions from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in West St. Paul's City Hall, 1616 Humboldt Av. Planners are in the final design stage of the single-lane roundabout. Construction is not scheduled to start until 2017.
