REI grant funds new pedestrian, bike bridge in South Knoxville | WATE 6 On Your Side

REI grant funds new pedestrian, bike bridge in South Knoxville | WATE 6 On Your Side:



KNOXVILLE (WATE) – REI is giving the Legacy Parks Foundation and Appalachian Mountain Bike Club a grant of $20,000. Executive Director Carol Evans said the money will be used to build a pedestrian and bicycle bridge.

The Urban Wilderness pedestrian bridge cross Redbud Rd. It will allow trail users to avoid crossing the road at a blind curve.

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“We’re connecting another area of land, a big park, into the existing Urban Wilderness trials, so really it expands us closer to the middle school and brings parks into other neighborhoods,” said Evans. “Even though it’s just a bridge over the road, it’s a critical connection.”