Bekaert Trail
Bekaert Trail
Details of Project:
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City: Bentonville & Rogers
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Number of Miles: 0.5
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Type of Trail: Concrete paved trail
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Trailblazer role: Project Manager
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Designer(s): McClelland Engineering
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Permitting Agencies: City of Bentonville & Rogers, ADEQ
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Contractor(s): Benchmark
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Easement & Property Acquisition: 1 easement was donated
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Construction Administration: McClelland Engineering
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Date of Build: 2021
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Funding Partner(s): Walton Family Foundation
How did this project come about?
We wanted to help fill in the trail gap between the City of Bentonville and Rogers. Our project rebuilt a failing asphalt trail. The trail started at Cambridge Park and stopped to the south of 14th Street/Hudson. The City of Bentonville is going to continue the trail on with the Water Tower Rd project which will tie into the Arkansas Missouri Trail.
Interesting features:
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Challenges: The City of Rogers is looking at installing a roundabout at 14th Street/Hudson and Water Tower Rd/Bekaert Dr.
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Advantages: This trail provides a good east/west connection that is needed.
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Benefit of the Community it serves: The trail will provide greater connectivity between Bentonville and Rogers once The City of Bentonville completes their road project.
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Why is the project special: This trail will eventually be a connection between downtown Bentonville and downtown Rogers.