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Study recommends Moorhead trailhead, Twelfth Avenue route for Heartland Trail extension
Summary
Consultants presented a draft Heartland Trail plan that favors a Moorhead trailhead at Centennial Park and an eastbound alignment along Twelfth Avenue toward Buffalo River State Park, while noting constraints from the Minnesota DNR master plan and funding and phasing needs.
Consultants for the Heartland Trail study told the Moorhead City Council on June 9 that their recommended alignment would start at Centennial Park in Moorhead and generally follow a Twelfth Avenue corridor east toward Buffalo River State Park.
The plan matters because the Heartland Trail is a state trail that trail planners hope to extend to the Fargo–Moorhead area; the draft study lays out routing, public engagement findings, costs and a multi-phase implementation approach.
Stuart Crosby, a landscape architect with SRF Consulting Group, said the recommended alignment “starts in Centennial Park on Fifteenth Avenue in Moorhead” and noted the trailhead could include parking, kiosks, bike racks and restrooms. Dan Farnsworth of the Metropolitan Council of Governments (Metro COG), who co-led the study, said the team emphasized staying within the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)…
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