Thanks to Morning Washburn, who lives near Hyde Farm, for letting us know that the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area is seeking public input on a proposed trail connecting Hyde Farm in East Cobb with the park’s Johnson Ferry North Unit.
The proposal would be a two-mile trail for pedestrians and bike riding, and the planning is in the very early stages: “This trail connection would close a gap to the very popular Silver Comet trail from existing trails,” according to an environmental assessment newsletter sent out by the National Park Service (click here to read).
The project isn’t connected to a Cobb DOT Greenways and Trails Master Plan approved by Cobb commissioners last year that calls for a similar trail, 3.3 miles in length, and at an estimated cost between $4.3 million and $4.7 million.
None of that has been funded and the funding sources and amount for the Chattahoochee NRA proposal are to be determined.
There’s also not an estimated timetable for when the trail might be completed.
Cobb County owns Hyde Farm, which dates back to the 1830s, and the edge of its 95 acres along the Chattahoochee is just a couple miles from the Chattahoochee NRA Gold Branch Unit, which has 2.6 acres of trails accessible via Lower Roswell Road.
The National Park Service is considering alternative proposals for the trail routes (see map below, and click on to newsletter link for bigger map and more details). To offer your feedback, click this link.
The deadline on the document says the deadline for comment is May 2 but that has been extended to May 9.
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