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From YouTube: MAPS 3 Update - Groundbreaking for the Will Rogers Trail
Description
Oklahoma City civic leaders broke ground on the Will Rogers Trail, the second of three trails included in MAPS 3.
The Will Rogers Trail’s north trailhead includes a parking lot at Meridian and Northwest Expressway just south of Lake Hefner. Heading southeast, the protected trail generally follows the Northwest Expressway to the Lake Hefner Parkway. A crosswalk will get pedestrian and cyclists across NW Expressway safely.
The trail will follow I-44 south as it wraps around the north side of State Fair Park, then turning south following May Avenue to its south trailhead on the Oklahoma River Trail system.
All but two blocks of the 8.1-mile urban asphalt trail will be protected.
A
We
welcome
you
here
for
this
groundbreaking
on
this
beautiful
October
day
and
we're
excited
in
great
ground
on
the
Will
Rogers
Trail.
It's
going
to
be
an
eight
mile
trail
run
from
Lake
Hefner
to
the
Oklahoma
River,
and
we
expect
it
to
be
one
of
the
most
popular
trails
in
our
system.
They
think
that
it
will
be
used
by
many
many
people,
hundreds
of
people
and
some
will
even
use
it
as
a
commuter
trail
for
those
who
all
who
want
to
walk
or
bike
to
work.
B
C
Is
going
to
be
a
trail,
that's
going
to
take
a
lot
of
people
by
surprise.
You
know
when
you,
when
you
build
a
trail
on
the
edge
of
the
city
or
around
the
lake,
it's
kind
of
expected,
but
when
you
go
into
the
very
urbanized,
develop
part
of
a
community
and
start
designing
a
trail,
it
catches
eyes
and
there's
no
there's
no
question
it'll
be
heavily
used,
but
at
the
same
time
it
will
also
you
know,
create
I.
C
Think
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
people
will
be
aware
of
our
trail
system
that
have
never
really
seen
it
very
often
before.
So.
This
is
going
to
be
a
great
I.
Think
sales
pitch
for
people
being
more
active
in
our
community
and
taking
a
more
healthier
State
help
I'm
thinking
a
more
healthy
stance
go
toward
their
own
lifestyle,
I.
D
Think
this
is
absolutely
the
very
best
of
maps
3.
The
people
wanted
it.
It
was
among
the
most
popular
is
paid
for
no
dent
it's
going
to
connect
a
treasure
of
Oklahoma
City,
which
is
Lake
Hefner
to
the
rest
of
the
city.
If
I
look
back
on
the
last
five
years
and
think
of
the
craziest
thing,
he
was
trying
to
ride
a
bike
up
my
Avenue
after
Lake
Hefner,
it's
just
I,
have
my
heart
still
beats
thinking
about
it.
It's
just
people
aren't
gonna.
D
Do
it
they're,
not
gonna,
put
a
bike
in
their
car
and
go
up
to
Lake
Hefner.
It
was
such
a
treasure
to
ride
around
that
they're
gonna,
now
connect
literally
tens
of
thousands
of
people
will
be
within
striking
range
of
this
trail,
which
will
then
connect
them
to
all
the
treasures
at
the
Lake
Hefner.
But
it's
not
just
to
me
about
bicycling
or
even
walking
it's
about
making
investments
in
an
active
living
community
and
that's
going
to
affect
our
community
in
so
many
different
ways
and
in
terms
of
Public
Health.
C
We
already
have,
prior
to
this
groundbreaking,
84
miles
of
bike
trails
in
Oklahoma
City.
This
is
an
eight
might
four
eight
mile
trail
which
will
take
us
to
92
and
then
we're
in
the
planning
stages
for
the
Lake
Stanley
Draper
trail,
which
will
be
13
miles
and
that'll
push
us
over
100
miles
of
trails
in
the
city
of
Oklahoma
City.