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Huber Heights staff propose paving Community Park trail and a multi-use path to connect new housing to Great Miami River trail
Summary
Huber Heights parks staff outlined plans to apply for an ODNR Recreational Trails Fund grant to pave a heavily used cinder path in Community Park and to build a multi-use path to connect a new housing area to the Great Miami River Recreation Trail.
City parks staff presented two related connectivity proposals for Community Park and nearby neighborhoods: (1) an application to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Recreational Trails Fund to pave an existing cinder walking path through Community Park, and (2) a proposed multi-use path to connect a planned housing development near Chambersburg Road to the Great Miami River Recreation Trail.
Staff said location-services data show the Community Park cinder path is heavily used: the presenter reported roughly 2–300 children traverse the park daily (many traveling to or from Wayne High School), 65% of park visitors go home immediately after visiting the park, and staff estimate about 56,000 total park visits annually. Staff described the cinder path as requiring annual or biannual maintenance because of high traffic and recommended seeking Recreational Trails Fund money to pave it and add mid-street flashing crosswalk signs at the existing crosswalk to Wayne High School.
On the Chambersburg Road corridor, staff described a plan to place a multi-use path behind a planned residential subdivision to provide safe bicycle and pedestrian connectivity to ODOT's larger sidewalk/multi-use project and to the Great Miami River Recreation Trail via a potential routing through Warrior Soccer Club land; staff said preliminary talks with Dayton planners and Warrior Soccer Club are positive and the exact routing remains to be determined. Staff also said roughly 90 acres will be donated to the city over time for natural preservation in the area the path would traverse.
Board members asked questions about route specifics, disc golf course interactions and the location of a nearby Wawa convenience store; staff clarified the paved path through Community Park is separate from the Wawa site. No formal action was taken; staff sought the board's input and said they will proceed with grant application planning.
