Greenways in Hendersonville -Indian Lake Village
City Planners have projects for pedestrians and bikers in our community. In a meeting with Mayor Scott Foster in early May, the mayor outlined to David Hardin a new Greenway Complex with multiuse trails that City Staff and the Halo Properties developers have for Indian Lake Village and provided us with the Overall Park/Trail layout. Without a doubt when completed it will be a show piece and attraction for our town.
With a trail head at the new Mir Parkway Bridge crossing Drakes Creek, visitors can park and walk, bike, or jog. To the north they pass under the bridge and travel to Wessington School and Veteran Park and to the south they go along side the creek to Drakes Creek Park. Jerry Horton, Public Works Director, told David that the City is looking at putting the bridge on southeast side of the train track, connecting to the soccer fields
From here the trail runs to the east and parallel to the CSX railway. It provides safe crossing of Indian Lake Boulevard by going under it at the overpass. It continues to a small park to be provided by the developer and eventually ends at Stop 30.
At Stop 30 we have several options. Our most favored choice is to have the City close this section of road to automobile traffic and dedicate it to a Greenway with multi-use trails. To the south a small bridge crosses the railway and a single lane road, bordering Blue Ridge County Club, eventually connects to the YMCA. To the north a larger bridge crosses Veterans By-pass. From here we could connect to Saundersville Rd either along a future eastward extension of Stop 30 or continue further north up Jones and Hillview Roads and then east to the Hendersonville Golf Course. Using the road on the south side travelers can reach Saundersville Road.
Our goal from Saundersville Road is to eventually connect up with the proposed Lower Station Camp Creek Greenway with a combination Wynbrooke Trace Road, a trail alongside the club house, additional sub-division road, and a trail to a new bridge crossing the creek in the vicinity of an old abandoned bridge.
Overall Park/Trail Layout, prepared 4/30/07 for Halo Properties. To download a larger PDF version that you can read click here.
