If you have driven by the Purgatory Creek Recreation Area recently, you will notice a lot of activity. There are projects going on in the South West Metro Transit Hub area. There is a new 240 unit apartment complex going up. The City is constructing a new park at the corner of Technology Drive and Prairie Center Drive.
And then there is that trail project.
The City and the Riley-Purgatory-Bluff Creek Watershed District are cooperating on the construction of a new trail system that will, when completed, completely encircle the Purgatory Creek Recreation Area - the large wetland area in the middle of our town. The project is slated to be completed by next summer at an estimated cost of $1,800,000. The City and the Watershed District are cost sharing the project 50/50.
The photo below shows a view of the wetland from behind the Flagship Athletic Center. What looks like a newly constructed berm in the middle of the photo is part of the new trail system.

These two photos show different segments of the trail. The first picture is behind the Flagship Office building. The second is near ADC along Technology Drive.


In addition to encircling the wetland, this trail will also have a segment that extends down the Purgatory Creek valley and connects with the trail system that encircles Staring Lake. This photo shows the work being completed on the segment of the trail that goes under Anderson Lakes Parkway.



















