Friends of Stevens Creek Trail's Weblog
16 06 2009
Tue, 16 Jun 2009
Hi everyone -
Saturday June 13 was a great day for Stevens Creek Trail with two dedications, first the Moffett overpass and then the Sleeper Avenue Extension. It was an excited and friendly crowd in attendance, I’m guessing somewhere between 100 and 150 people. Everything went fine at both locations and in-between. Weather started out a bit threatening but then became quite nice. All seven city council members attended, plus city manager Kevin Duggin, city staffers who played key roles in the projects, Sunnyvale council member Chris Moylan, and Water District rep Patrick Kwok. Live musical entertainment was provided by the city at Sleeper, along with light refreshments and commemorative water bottles. We distributed bike bells with our logo on them.
Kevin talked about how long this great trail project has been going on and how these two new additions are so key to it. The Moffett overpass now makes it safe to cross a busy and hazardous intersection. The Sleeper addition brings the trail to a whole new part of the city. Kevin also said final funding is secured for the next trail segment over highway 85 and it will progress soon – very exciting news!
Thank you to our board members and volunteers who made this a safe and fun event: Walk leaders Alan, Art, Garth and Marianne; Bicycle leads Billy, John, and Roy; and Safety riders Fritz and Kathy. Another big thank you goes to our volunteer of the year Randy Rhody, who continues to earn our gratitude and respect with his fine photo record of Saturday’s dual dedication events! Use the link below, then click on the slideshow button, upper right.
The San Jose Mercury News did a nice article on the event that you can Read Here. Or, check out a nice slide show of the day's events taken by one of our supporters at his SlideShow site.
The New Moffett Overpass
Happy Trails!
Written by Aaron Grossman, Executive Director on 2009-6-16.
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