Summit County Metro Parks has officially opened its first mountain bike trail. Today’s ribbon-cutting marked the opening of the 3-mile Hampton Hills trail. Parks spokesman NathanEppinksays the trail will not disturb the natural setting of the park because of the location’s past use.
“This surrounds the old landfill; it could not be developed in any way, so it’s a great fit for us. We come in and are allowed to provide public benefit, public good, a new activity and we’ve put in a parking lot at the trail and a kiosk. The disturbance has been minor, as far as Summit Metro Parks is concerned, because that land was already disrupted.”
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Eppink says the park system leased the land surrounding Akron’s Hardy Road Landfill in 2010. The $750,000 bike trail is open only to mountain bikes to prevent conflict with hikers. Eppink says the trails could expand to nearly 7 miles by the end of the year.
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