City: Bentonville
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Type of Trail: Concrete
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Permitting Agencies: City of Bentonville, 
Contractor(s): Boulder Construction
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Date of Build: 2019 - 
Funding Partner(s): Walton Family Foundation

About this project

1.    Why did we do this project:  This section of trail was originally designed and built to provide access through Compton Gardens and continue to north Bentonville
2.    Interesting features:  It traverses through a botanical garden full of native plants and wildlife.  Views to the beautiful Crystal Bridges Museum
3.    Challenges:  This project was one of the first design build projects working with a local contractor Boulder Construction.  Keeping as many trees as we could and minimizing the steep grade of the trail was a challenge due to the topography of the area.
4.    Advantages:  Direct connection to Crystal Bridges by pedestrians or cyclists from the Downtown Bentonville Square
5.    Benefit of the Community it serves:  This trail is the funnel to not only a world class museum but the start of Slaughter Pen Mountain bike trails.
6.    Why is the project special:  There are roughly 50k users per month using this section of trail.  It is the highest used pedestrian section of trail in all of NWA.