Check out design for new North Minneapolis riverfront trail connection and give feedback online or at Open House August 8
 A diagram of the proposed 1000-foot trail connection between North Minneapolis trails and the downtown riverfront.
Review design online or join the design team at Ole Olson Park for an Open House on Monday, August 8, 6-7:30 pm
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is planning a new riverfront trail connection between the 26th Avenue North Overlook and Ole Olson Park. An updated proposed project design is now available online!
People can review and send feedback online or speak in person with the design team during an Open House event on Monday, Aug. 8, 6-7:30 pm at Ole Olson Park.
The site’s landscape has been highly modified from its pre-settlement character. Industrial land uses along the Mississippi River in this location have flattened the land and polluted its soils with rubble and other debris.
Prior to European settlement, the landscape along the river above the St. Anthony Falls was more prairie-like and less woodland. This project seeks to connect neighborhoods via safe and direct trail experiences along the Mississippi riverfront while reversing industrial impacts and urbanization by implementing a landscape more like what might have been here years ago.
 The updated, preferred design for the 26th Avenue Overlook-Ole Olson Park trail connection. Click or tap to open in an internet browser.
Background and Next Steps
This project will create a new 1,000-foot trail connection to extend a popular riverfront regional trail past the terminus of West River Road and add new riverside experiences in North Minneapolis. It also will connect the 26th Avenue North Overlook, which opened last May, to the downtown riverfront and the Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway, the 51-mile continuous bike/walk trail that encircles most of Minneapolis.
The design explores how the new trail might connect existing trails on its north and south ends, activities that could support the neighborhood and others traveling through or coming to experience the river, and ideas that support habitat restoration.
New river access created by the trail project might be used for picnicking, fishing, launching a canoe or kayak, or just taking in the river and skyline views.
After collecting feedback from the Open House and online survey, a formal public hearing will be held on the project's design, which is subject to approval by MPRB Commissioners. Once approved, the design team will work on final design and engineering this fall and winter, with construction tentatively planned for summer 2023.
Email Updates
Visit the project page and enter your email into the "Subscribe to Email Updates" box at the top of the page to receive regular updates on the project. There's also additional background information and documents posted on the project page. Share the project page with anyone who may be interested, using this link: www.minneapolisparks.org/26-olson-trail.
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