Council hears master plan to add bike trails, pump track and playground at Flying Creek south parcel

Consultants from Thompson Engineering and Taylor Trails presented the Fairhope City Council with a master plan for the south parcel of the Flying Creek Nature Preserve that would add multi-use trails, a bike playground, a pump track, restroom pavilion, a tool shed for volunteer maintenance and a small adventure play area.

The south parcel described in the presentation is roughly 32 acres and is proposed as the city’s active park component of the preserve; the plan aims for about 3.5 miles of mountain-biking trail by preserving approximately 1.5 miles of existing community-built lines and adding new, engineered trail. Project representatives told council they want to preserve vegetative buffers, limit tree clearing and maintain connectivity to the north parcel and the site’s tunnel access.

Project lead (Thompson Engineering) described program elements that include a main…