New Green Park Development in Central Platte Valley
Attending this weekend’s Bridge opening I got the opportunity to speak with one of the Projects Managers with the Denver Department of Parks and Recreation who was onsite to take advantage of the crowds. He and his team had set up two displays of some landscaping and green space improvements that are planned on the Northern side of the platte river (the opposite side from Commons Park). The goal is an expansion of the green space between 15th and 19th (If I remember correctly) with an expansion of the trail system for bikers, walkers, and our general enjoyment.
The purpose of the Park’s folks attending was to highlight the two different ideas, one being more structured and the other being more fun and free. I took a couple pictures of their plans, which won’t offer much insight, but at least might lay out the larger plan.
I am going to shoot an email to the Projects Manager and see if he won’t contribute to this blog entry and share some more details about the two different plans. The point is… this looks very cool. Expanding our green areas and giving our trails a face lift is wonderful, and with all the new residents that are moving into the CPV the usage of these trails will be going through the roof.
Yeah!
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The project is called “Westside Line Development”. It extends from 15th Street to 19th Street along the upper bank of the Platte River (across from Commons Park). Denver Parks and Recreation now owns the strip of property that once was owned by RTD. It was once a trolley line the rails of which have since been removed. The land offers a wonderful opportunity to develop a secondary trail for pedestrians. As we all know the Platte River Trail can be challenging when you are sharing the trail with bicycle enthusiasts. The Westside Line will be designed and developed for pedestrians. There are two options for design direction: Option A is a more formalized planting plan with a hard surface trail. The trail is proposed to be a cobble or brick surfacing. Option B is a softer more informal design approach. It is a meandering “crusher fines” trail with informal plantings.
Both design options use native plant material.
See I told you it was cool.