Town Park to Franklin Park Trail

As part of the Round Hill Master Streetscape project, a subcommittee of Round Hill citizens has worked with Vlad Gavrilovic of Paradigm Design to draft recommendations for the Round Hill section of a multi-use trail linking the Round Hill Town Park with Franklin Park. The County is responsible for construction of the trail.

Action to Date

12/1/05 The Town and County have scheduled a joint public information meeting to update residents on the status of the Franklin Park Trail project. A question-and-answer session will follow the presentation. The meeting will be held Friday, Dec. 9, at 7:30 p.m. at the Round Hill Center (old elementary school).
10/6/05 In his Mayor's Report to the Town Council, Mayor Frank Etro reported that the County has finalized easements between Lakepoint and Franklin Park, the budget is being finalized and construction plans are underway.
7/15/05 In an email to Franklin Park Trail subcommittee members, Mayor Frank Etro reports that "County representatives have completed their research in regard to the outstanding questions that this subcommittee raised and is prepared to meet and respond....Briefly, from the discussions that I’ve had with the County, easements through Town will not be necessary and that they are nearly complete securing the easements that they have been pursuing outside of the Town limits. We are hopeful that construction could start this fall at best case, if not no later than the spring of 2006. They further anticipate a short window (possibly a number of months) for completion of the trail." The subcommittee is scheduled to meet with County Project Manager Tom Trask on Aug. 2.
10/7/04 Mayor Frank Etro reported at the Town Council meeting that the County is close to procuring easements that would allow the trail to stay off of business Rt. 7 between the bypass and Franklin Park. The County has also asked the Town to either delete streetscape elements, such as streetlights, from its portion of the trail project, or to assist in the project's financing.
7/1/04 County Grant Projects Manager Tom Trask reports that the trail project is still slowly moving forward. The county is working to finalize the alignment of the trail outside Town limits and is specifying easement requirements in advance of approaching affected property owners.
5/20/04 Tom Trask of the Loudoun County Department of Management Services (Division of Purchasing & Support Services) reported that the project has been experiencing delays stemming from discussions with VDOT regarding incorporating the Oak Hill portion of the trail and the required width of that section. Answers were anticipated within the week and the hope was the project would move along more swiftly from that point.

3/18/04

Vlad Gavrilovic of Paradigm Design presented a draft of the final recommendations of the Franklin Park Trail subcommittee to the Town Council at its regular meeting.  The Council voted to forward the recommendations, with modifications to the crosswalk specifications, to the County's Department of General Services. The recommendations will also be sent to Anderson Associates, the County's engineer for this project, to be studied for incorporation into the final design of the Round Hill portion of the Franklin Park Trail project.  Meeting notes | Revised recommendations

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