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BERMUDA RUN – Phase II of the Blue Heron Trail here is open – as is the pedestrian bridge over I-40.
Mayor Mike Brannon cut the ribbon at the bridge last Friday, which will connect the trail to the Truist Sports/RISE side of the interstate.
It is all part of a comprehensive plan to make the community more walkable, and has been ongoing since the town was founded, he said.
Three of the town’s former mayors – John Ferguson, Ken Rethmeier and Rick Cross – were on hand for the ceremony.
“Each additional phase of the Blue Heron Trail, and other new pedestrian pathways, further our commitment to what we heard from residents in the town’s comprehensiave plan,” Brannon told council members at this month’s meeting.
“The opening of the bridge allows us to not only continue our commitment to walkable communities, but also connects residents to the Truist Sports Park playground and the broader recreational areas of NC Fusion and RISE Indoor Sports,” Brannon said.
When the I-40 widening project was under way several years ago, the town partnered with the NC Department of Transportation to replace the pedestrian bridge that for many years was used as part of the Bahnson family farm.