Bicycle riders will have a new pathway next spring that connects the Midtown area and the north edge of the downtown core area. The City of Wichita has hired Cornejo & Sons Construction, Inc., to build the path. Details and the construction schedule will be presented at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 27, at the Midtown Resource Center, 10th and Broadway.

The Midtown bike path will run more than one mile, from the intersection of Central and Wichita Streets, north along Wichita Street to 9th Street, and then northeast in the former Union Pacific Railroad Corridor to 15th near Broadway. The $1.35 million project will provide a 10-foot wide bicycle path with decorative entrance arches at both 8th and 15th Streets, and a plaza with clock tower and drinking fountain in Otis Park at 13th and Market. More than 300 trees and shrubs will be planted along the path. Minor storm sewer work will also occur at various points along the path.

“This will be a very nice amenity, not only for Midtown residents, but also for people who work in the core area and visitors,” says Julianne Kallman, project engineer in charge of the design. “It will be a great complement to the river corridor improvements and downtown residential development, too.”

The proposed schedule for the Bike Path construction is:

• October 30, 2008: Construction begins at Central and Wichita, progressing northeast to 15th and Broadway.

• Mid-November 2008: Decorative entrance arch construction begins at 8th and 15th Streets.

• Late-November 2008: Otis Park Plaza construction begins at 13th and Market Streets.

• April 2009:  The project is anticipated to be completed.

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