The City of Saint Paul Parks and Recreation Department is moving forward with the proposed trail alignment for Indian Mounds Regional Park.

This includes removal of the bluff trail for safety, long-term maintenance, and preservation of burial sites. As suggested during the community engagement process, we’ve including the following plan refinements:

  1. Include a center stripe to delineate travel lanes on steep trail sections between the airway beacon and Wilshire Place.
  2. Replace park benches. Existing bench locations and concrete pads to remain to reduce park disturbance.
  3. Enhance views along bluff in 3 locations. (See plans for location)

The next steps are to complete construction documents and bid the project this fall. Pending bids, we anticipate awarding the project in 2020, tree removals occurring winter/spring 2020, and trail reconstruction occurring summer 2020. Once bids are received and a contractor is hired, we will have a better understanding of the construction schedule. Finally, we are still waiting for completion of the cemetery delineation by the state. As we wait for this process, we don’t anticipate any changes to the proposed trail alignment as a result of the delineation. As a reminder, there is a Community Information Session on Thursday Nov 21st from 4:30-6:30pm at Marian Center of Saint Paul for an individual question and answer period.

For more information click on this link project website for future updates.