Greenways, off-road trails and paths are win-win solutions, and they often become the backbone of a community’s bikeway or greenspace system.
Since joining forces with the Durham, North Carolina office of
Greenways Incorporated, Alta/Greenways' passion for greenway and trail planning and design has only grown stronger.
Our trail projects run the gamut from long, linear paved corridors to soft-surface mountain bike trails, hiking trails and even cross-country ski trails. Our expert trail designers are ready to solve the unique technical, environmental, and political challenges posed by your project. We see each trail project as a slice of America’s landscape and culture. Each improvement enhances a community’s unique characteristics.
Alta provides complete trail master planning services, including design, alternatives analysis, environmental documentation, property acquisition strategies, accurate cost estimation, maintenance and management plans, and funding strategies. We excel in finding design solutions to the unique challenges found on trails and have completed, planned, designed, and implemented more than 5,000 miles of bikeways, walkways, and trails.
Our experience includes a wide range of environments including greenways, rail corridors, rails-to-trails, street corridors, and multi-use hiking and seasonal-use trails in environmentally sensitive areas, urban core areas, highway corridors and in parks and rural and industrial areas. We strive to enrich the trail user experience through a design identity that responds to the particular needs and opportunities of the project environment.
Featured Projects
Northwest Arkansas "Razorback Greenway"
Alta/Greenways is currently working with the NW Arkansas Regional Planning Commission to complete drawings, specifications and cost estimates for building the 16-mile federally funded (TIGER II) portion of the Greenway.
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Waterbury Naugatuck River Greenway, CT
Alta was selected to lead the planning effort for a 22-mile corridor along the Naugatuck River in Western Connecticut involving community outreach in five towns and cities.
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Manayunk Bridge and Ivy Ridge Trail, Philadelphia, PA
Manayunk Development Corporation is creating a bicycle and pedestrian trail across the Manayunk Bridge and along the Ivy Ridge rail line with $1.3M in funding from PADOT’s Pennsylvania Community Transportation Initiative. Alta is assisting with final design and construction for this new trail connection that will provide bicyclists and pedestrians with more paved, off-road trail between Philadelphia, Lower Merion Township (LMT) and Montgomery County.
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Great Rivers Greenway Update, MO
In 2004, the Board of Great Rivers Greenway (GRG) approved its first regional plan - an interconnected system of greenways, parks, and trails throughout GRG's 1,216-square-mile service area.
Learn More >Pacific Crest Trail Land Protection Inventory
The project objective was to provide an inventory and overview of the parcels that need acquisition to establish the trail and protect the experience of trail users on this legendary 2,650-mile scenic trail from Mexico to Canada.
Learn More > Mojave Riverwalk Trail, CA
This proposed 9-mile trail will follow the Mojave River, passing along areas rich in cultural and natural history. It provides an alternative transportation link between downtown Victorville and Victor Valley College.
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