City of Olathe, Kansas opens a new bike trail

The City of Olathe, Kansas is opening a new 2-mile pedestrian trail on Labor Day.

The Heritage Trail will run from Blackbob Park to Heritage Park between 159th and 151st streets.

It is currently nearly 100% percent complete. A contractor was seeding along the trail this week and sodding will begin after Sept. 15.

Hikers, runners and bicyclists will be using the trail. As always motorized vehicle will not be allowed.

The entire Heritage Trail has been asphalted and concrete approaches have been installed.

Michael Latka, project coordinator for the city’s parks and recreation department, said the trail cost $840,000 to construct. 

He said 80 percent of those dollars came from the Kansas Department of Transportation. Johnson County paid 10 percent of the cost and the city tax dollars paid for the remaining 10 percent.

Latka said the city already has constructed 23 miles of trails within the city limits, including trails within many of the community parks.

Another trail called the South Indian Creek Trail is under construction near 159th Street and Ridgeview Road and is currently about 50 percent complete. The South Indian Creek Trail is scheduled to be completed in a about 3 months.

The majority of the project will be finished at the end of this month.

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