County Recommendations
The project recommendations aim to guide the planning and development of recreational and active transportation amenities throughout the North Central region over the next seven to 10 years. The recommendations were created and refined through conversations with the Steering Committee and various stakeholders groups, in addition to the mapping and analyses conducted throughout the plan’s development. Incomplete projects of exceptional priority from the 2010 Regional Greenways Plan have also been included.
Columns alongside the recommendations indicate additional factors to consider when evaluating the suggested projects.
- County: Identifies the county/counties affected by the tasks. Projects that affect more than one county will be listed on both counties’ tables.
- Status: Reflects the completion status of the recommended task at the time of report development. “Potential” indicates that the recommendation has not yet been initiated. Consider updating the status in the master file as tasks are completed.
- Project Priority: Indicates the timeline for pursuing the recommended task based on ease of completion, complexity of the task, and Steering Committee feedback. However, the priority ranking is only a suggestion, and if opportunities to complete other recommendations arise sooner, such opportunities should be acted upon whenever possible. Consider strategizing and grouping related improvements, such as recommendations for the same location or trail system, if needed for grant applications.
- Short-term: Highest-priority task that should be addressed in the next 2-4 years due to ease of completion, significance of task for regional goals, or the need to address identified safety concerns
- Mid-term: High-priority task that should be addressed in the next 5-8 years, including those requiring more planning and coordination to execute.
- Long-term: Moderate-priority task that should be addressed in the next 9-12 years due to task’s complexity
- Potential Cost: Provides an estimated price that could be required to complete the task described within the recommendation. These ranges are general and may differ from the actual cost of enacting the recommendation due to other factors such as the complexity of the work, the scope of the project once it is pursued, and other unforeseen circumstances.
- $ Lowest cost relative to the other recommendations, likely $50,000-$100,000
- $$ Moderate cost relative to the other recommendations, likely $100,000-$250,000
- $$$ Highest cost relative to other recommendations, likely over $250,000
- Supports Active Transportation: Projects that could support the development or encourage the use of pedestrian or bike connections between destinations. For example, small, local-scale recreational trails were not included in this category because their primary purpose is not to increase active transportation connectivity. However, bike connections and sidewalk extensions were included because they are likely to be used to move from one destination to another.
All of the counties’ tables are contained within the document below. Click the left or right arrows at the bottom to view next and previous pages. Click on the square button with the arrow on the bottom right to view the document in a new browser tab.
The rows with a green fill indicate the recommendations that were selected as high priorities for each county by the Steering Committee in the County Priority Recommendations survey. Rows with a red outline indicate that the recommendation was selected as the #1 priority for the county in the Top Priority Projects Survey.
