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Joplin working on new and improved trails

posted by Brent Hugh at 6/10/2009 03:24:00 PM

Joplin, Missouri, is building on its network of trails in several different ways this summer, led by the efforts of the Joplin Trails Coalition.

An article in the Joplin Independent follows trail builders as they inspect part of the 16-mile Ruby Jack Trail, which is now open to the public (though still quite rough in some areas).

An article in the Joplin Globe outlines plans to expand a number of trails in Joplin and nearby Carl Junction and Webb City:

It’s growing so fast, it’s hard to keep track,” joked Dan Johnson, the civil engineer for the city of Joplin, about the city’s network of trails.

The long-term hope: to have the area veined with interlocking trails, including links between the Frisco Greenway and Ruby Jack trails. . . .

Altogether, Johnson said, the [Joplin] will add about six miles of trails over the next year.

The plans for Joplin, as for the area in general, are to create a tracery of such walks weaving throughout Joplin.

“The theme of it is it is an alternative form of transportation,” Johnson said.