More detailed plans have been released for the new trail head under construction at the corner of Lake Street and Peoria Avenue, just east of Hy-Vee in Spirit Lake. Michele Goodenow is with Imagine Iowa Great Lakes, which is making the project possible. She says it will feature a number of amenities.
"It will have two restrooms, a number of benches, it will provide shade for cyclists and pedestrian; it will have a nice, big parking lot; a bicycle repair station and a charging station; a water fountain to fill bottles of water and for your pets. It's got a steel canopy. The architecture is really beautiful. You'll notice that the project has been stagnant for quite some time. We were delayed getting the steel and it finally is in fabrication so they're going to start pouring footings and we hope to have this completed mid to late July."
Goodenow adds some Spirit Lake High School students have also been involved in the project.