OUR INITIATIVES

As part of the south highway 89 widening project, the adjacent pathway will be extended, from Game Creek (where it ends now) to the Swinging Bridge. A new tunnel will connect to Game Creek and then head south on the east side of the highway. The new pathway segment will also provide a safe route to the new Munger school for students in the area, including a tunnel near the school access road.

While Snow King Avenue is a very popular route for bikes, there are still many community members that do not feel comfortable riding along it because of the close proximity to moving vehicles and an awkward intersection at Maple and Scott Lane. FOP and the Town have engaged engineering and design firm, Mobycon, to develop a Dutch type of solution to make this critical travel way more inviting. This summer a pilot project will be conducted to demonstrate the design.

This project will make May Park more accessible to nearby neighborhoods by bridging Cache Creek Ditch and improving the alley on the western edge of the park with a safe and inviting walk/bike route.

Every winter, water from Flat Creek floods the Garaman pathway and fills the Flat Creek Tunnel, creating a frozen, treacherous experience for those wishing to walk or bike in this area. Often these conditions make it impossible for school children to use the pathway to get to Colter Elementary or Jackson Hole Middle and High Schools. This summer, the sections of pathways subject to flooding will be raised above traditional flood levels and a small wall will be constructed to help keep water out of the tunnel.

With the completion of the Budge Drive Stabilization Project, the cycletracks on the north side of Broadway will be completed, so cyclists will no longer have to veer from their protected route onto the highway.