Detroit: Riverwalk east to open in October
08-14-23, 09:00 AM
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Detroit: Riverwalk east to open in October
Took them long enough! Over six years .
Mt Elliot Park to Gabriel Richard Park approximately 2300 feet.
Detroiters this fall will reclaim a 2-mile strip of industrial ruin after 20 years of hope and $11 million of gritty work.
The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy expects in October to open what it calls the Uniroyal Promenade, an extension of the riverfront path from Mount Elliott Park to the MacArthur Bridge, enabling trail users to reach Belle Isle without dealing with traffic and noise on Jefferson Avenue.
The last stretch of concrete was poured last week on the trail that will connect the downtown riverfront to Belle Isle, 3.5 miles from the former Joe Louis Arena site to Gabriel Richard Park at the northeastern foot of MacArthur Bridge.
When the new segment of trail opens, the east RiverWalk will be complete, but the conservancy's mission when it was founded in 2003 was a 5.5-mile trail from MacArthur Bridge to Ambassador Bridge. That is projected to happen next year, Wallace said, with opening of the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park west of the residential Riverfront Towers.
The western end of the path will stretch to Riverside Park, at the terminus of West Grand Boulevard, near the Ambassador Bridge. Wallace praised the city's renovation of Riverside Park, saying it has become one of the summer's most popular destinations. The city in 2020 completed environmental cleanup and a renovated picnic area, boat launch, parking, horseshoe and table tennis area.
The completed RiverWalk will avoid streets altogether, Wallace said, except for a stretch of less than half a mile, which will remain along East Atwater Street, bordering the Aretha Franklin Amphitheater and Robert C. Valade Park, which opened in 2019.
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https://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...g/70559414007/
Mt Elliot Park to Gabriel Richard Park approximately 2300 feet.
Detroiters this fall will reclaim a 2-mile strip of industrial ruin after 20 years of hope and $11 million of gritty work.
The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy expects in October to open what it calls the Uniroyal Promenade, an extension of the riverfront path from Mount Elliott Park to the MacArthur Bridge, enabling trail users to reach Belle Isle without dealing with traffic and noise on Jefferson Avenue.
The last stretch of concrete was poured last week on the trail that will connect the downtown riverfront to Belle Isle, 3.5 miles from the former Joe Louis Arena site to Gabriel Richard Park at the northeastern foot of MacArthur Bridge.
When the new segment of trail opens, the east RiverWalk will be complete, but the conservancy's mission when it was founded in 2003 was a 5.5-mile trail from MacArthur Bridge to Ambassador Bridge. That is projected to happen next year, Wallace said, with opening of the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Centennial Park west of the residential Riverfront Towers.
The western end of the path will stretch to Riverside Park, at the terminus of West Grand Boulevard, near the Ambassador Bridge. Wallace praised the city's renovation of Riverside Park, saying it has become one of the summer's most popular destinations. The city in 2020 completed environmental cleanup and a renovated picnic area, boat launch, parking, horseshoe and table tennis area.
The completed RiverWalk will avoid streets altogether, Wallace said, except for a stretch of less than half a mile, which will remain along East Atwater Street, bordering the Aretha Franklin Amphitheater and Robert C. Valade Park, which opened in 2019.
Article:
https://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...g/70559414007/
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09-22-23, 04:09 PM
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Grand Opening of the Uniroyal Promenade
Saturday, October 21
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Mt. Elliott Park
110 Mt. Elliott Street
10 a.m.
Brief Remarks and Ribbon Cutting
10:30 a.m.
Stroll Across the New Promenade & Community Celebration
Saturday, October 21
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Mt. Elliott Park
110 Mt. Elliott Street
10 a.m.
Brief Remarks and Ribbon Cutting
10:30 a.m.
Stroll Across the New Promenade & Community Celebration
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the two miles is this area I take it?
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