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Milton’s Providence Park to get accessible trail

A restored trail at Providence Park in Milton. The City Council has approved an agreement to work with the state to construct an ADA-accessible trail at the park. CITY OF MILTON
A restored trail at Providence Park in Milton. The City Council has approved an agreement to work with the state to construct an ADA-accessible trail at the park. CITY OF MILTON
By David Ibata
Oct 25, 2018

The Milton City Council has approved an agreement with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to construct an ADA-accessible trail at Providence Park.

Milton will receive a $200,000 Recreation Trails Grant from the state to help pay for the project. The grant requires a 20 percent match from the city, Parks and Recreation Director Jim Cregge said in a memo to the council.

The new trail will be an 8-foot-wide, paved trail a half-mile long, according to the project agreement. No grade will exceed 5 percent, and most of the trail will have grades of less than 5 percent.

“Beginning at the proposed restroom building near the parking area, the trail will travel into the core of the park, allowing access to the proposed performance green/observation lawn within the quarry for concerts and other events, access to the quarry overlook for (an) exciting bird’s-eye view of the quarry, and (onto) the proposed Nature Center,” the agreement says.

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