Details of Project:

• City: Bentonville & Rogers

• Number of Miles: 0.5 

• Type of Trail: Concrete paved trail

• Trailblazer role: Project Manager

• Designer(s): McClelland Engineering

• Permitting Agencies: City of Bentonville & Rogers, ADEQ

• Contractor(s): Benchmark

• Easement & Property Acquisition: 1 easement was donated

• Construction Administration: McClelland Engineering

• Date of Build: 2021

• Funding Partner(s): Walton Family Foundation

How did this project come about?

We wanted to help fill in the trail gap between the City of Bentonville and Rogers. Our project rebuilt a failing asphalt trail. The trail started at Cambridge Park and stopped to the south of 14th Street/Hudson. The City of Bentonville is going to continue the trail on with the Water Tower Rd project which will tie into the Arkansas Missouri Trail.

Interesting features:

• Challenges: The City of Rogers is looking at installing a roundabout at 14th Street/Hudson and Water Tower Rd/Bekaert Dr.

• Advantages: This trail provides a good east/west connection that is needed.

• Benefit of the Community it serves: The trail will provide greater connectivity between Bentonville and Rogers once The City of Bentonville completes their road project.

• Why is the project special: This trail will eventually be a connection between downtown Bentonville and downtown Rogers.