The City has approximately 41 miles of trail within city limits.  These trails provide both recreational and alternative transportation value to the community.   In 2019, the Parks and Recreation Department completed a condition assessment of the entire trail system in order to prepare a long term capital repair strategy, which prioritizes the portion of the trail system rated either in poor or good The existing asphalt portions of the trail system is 3”- 4” in depth and this thickness does not lend itself to a grind and inlay method of repair.  Instead, an overlay of asphalt 2” in thickness will be placed over the existing trail.  Along Valley View Trail, where an overlay cannot be placed on the existing trail due to existing street elevations and drainage pattern, the existing trail will be removed and replaced.

The City bid the project twice because the first bid resulted in the City receiving bids that exceed the  project budget.  The scope was modified to only include Valley View Trail.  On April 16, 2021, the City  received one (1) bid from Oldcastle Materials Midwest co. dba Omni Engineering for an amount of $292,199.30.