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Commission approves alignment for Red River Drive shared-use path after design revisions
Summary
The Fargo City Commission approved a revised alignment for the Red River Drive shared-use path, a just-over-one-mile route in north Fargo estimated at $1.3 million, after staff moved the trail farther from nearby homes and lowered its elevation following neighborhood input.
The Fargo City Commission on a majority voice vote approved a revised alignment for the Red River Drive shared-use path, a just-over-one-mile route along the Red River in north Fargo that staff say will cost an estimated $1,300,000.
City planning staffer Jeremy Gordon told commissioners the route begins at Elm Street near 15th Avenue North, proceeds along the river and ends near the Woodcrest Drive cul-de-sac on previously acquired flood-buyout land. Gordon said federal funding was secured in 2023 and the city is now working through environmental review and design.
The commission heard that the original alignment ran as close as 35 feet from…
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