Veterans Trail Phase 3

Project Update April 12, 2023

Trail is open to public and the majority of the trail improvements have been completed.  Items to be completed over the next few weeks consist of staining and adding slip coating to the new bridge and minor restoration within Cascade Park. 

Project Update October 24, 2022

Construction of the Veterans Trail Phase 3 project through Ellsworth Golf Course and Cascade Park is on-going.   Crews have been working on the gravel trail portion of the trail along Ellsworth Golf Course and Cascade park.  

Starting Wednesday October 26, 2022, a second crew will begin working on the improvement to the speed table located on Milford Road, where the existing traffic calming feature is already installed. During this phase of the work, Milford Road will be closed for 30 days. During the closure, detours will be posted.  

Project Update September 20, 2022

Construction of the Veterans Trail Phase 3 project through Ellsworth Golf Course and Cascade Park has commenced.  With on-going construction throughout the project corridor, the trail has been closed.  The closure of the trail is anticipated to last approximately 180 days with construction finishing in the Spring, 2022.  

Project Update August 22, 2022

The Veterans Trail Phase 3 project was rebid earlier this summer and the low bid contractor was Vizmeg Landscaping.  The contractor anticipates start-up of the project the week for August 22, 2022 including removal of smaller trees and brush, construction staking, mobilization of equipment and setting up of staging area.  

Full construction is scheduled to start the week of September 5^th and last through late Fall or Winter, weather dependent.  The contractor anticipates starting the grading of the improved gravel path near Barlow Road and working north towards the new bridge inside Cascade Park.    A more detailed schedule will be provided in the coming weeks. 

The full project includes:

• Grading and resurfacing (with gravel) of the 1.1 mile gravel trail between the end of Lynn Drive through Cascade Park and along Ellsworth Golf Course all the way to Barlow Road.  
• On-road bike path improvements, via painted sharrows, will begin at the intersection of Veterans Way and Milford Drive and will be on-road for 0.5 miles along Milford Drive, East Case Drive, and Lynn Drive.  
• A new boardwalk and bridge inside Cascade Park, 
• storm drainage improvements, 
• traffic calming feature on Milford Road (west of the Acme entrance), installation of a split rail fence behind properties along Nicholson Drive 
• benches with gravel “bump-outs” along the new gravel trail section.  

Click here for a GIS map of the Project Area:

Project Update February 8, 2022

Surveyors will be on site along the existing trail from Cascade Park to Barlow Road this week to complete staking of some minor tree clearing areas for the upcoming revised Veterans Trail Phase 3 Project.

As you may recall, the original Veterans Trail Phase 3 construction contract was terminated on February 3, 2020 due to resident feedback.  Since then, the Hudson Park Board voted in November, 2020 to recommend proceeding with an alternative Veterans Trail Phase 3 project to install an 8-foot-wide gravel path from Cascade Park to Barlow Road and on-road path between Veterans Way Park and Barlow Road. (see attached map).

The gravel trail will begin at the end of Lynn Drive and will be routed 1.1 miles through Cascade Park and along Ellsworth Golf Course all the way to Barlow Road.  The on-road path will begin at the intersection of Veterans Way and Milford Drive and will be on-road for 0.5 miles along Milford Drive, East Case Drive, and Lynn Drive.  The on-road path is unchanged from the original project design.  

The project also includes a new boardwalk and bridge, storm drainage improvements, bike “sharrow” striping for the on-road sections, tree clearing, a traffic calming feature on Milford Road (west of the Acme entrance), installation of a split rail fence behind properties along Nicholson Drive and benches with gravel “bump-outs” along the new gravel trail section.  

The project is scheduled to be formally bid in April 2022 and construction would begin in May 2022.  The construction duration will be approximately 6 months. 

For more information on the project please visit our website at https://www.hudson.oh.us/1016/Veterans-Trail-Phase-3.  More information will be sent to you prior to the project starting construction and a schedule of the work is developed.