Right now, there is a hodgepodge of enticing trails that go long distances in one direction but don’t necessarily connect to each other in northern Macomb County. That's about to change, now that the county is aiming to finish off the Macomb Loop project within the next few years.
About 44 miles of the 70-mile Loop are built and in use. These include parts of the Macomb-Orchard Trail and Stoney Metro Beach Trail connecting places like Mt. Clemens, Romeo, Richmond, New Baltimore and Metro Beach. The county plans to spend $8.5 million to finish off the project by 2011.
"The time frame can be done, but it might be that we are still building some of it in 2012," says John Crumm, program manager of planning and environmental services for Macomb County.
The key sections that need to be built include a few miles of connector trails in Shelby Township and 20-some miles that stretch along Lake St. Clair between Mt. Clemens and Richmond. The first major part of that will be about 16 miles starting in Mt. Clemens, heading north toward New Baltimore.
"That's where a lot of construction needs to be done," Crumm says.
Source: John Crumm, program manager of planning and environmental services for Macomb County
Writer: Jon Zemke
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