City Of Ankeny: High Trestle Trail To Be Temporarily Detoured At West First Street Starting Thursday, 9/23

Press release from the City of Ankeny:

09/21/2021 11:23 a.m.

 As a part of the West First Street Widening and Improvements project, the City of Ankeny will be detouring the High Trestle Trail in the vicinity of the Ankeny Market & Pavilion (AMP) just south of West First Street.  The detour will be in effect starting Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021 and will last approximately four weeks. The HAWK signal crossing of High Trestle Trail at West First Street will not be available during this time.

The signed detour route for northbound users will be the new trail connection from the High Trestle Trail to SW Maple Street. This is located near the south AMP pavilion/restroom. The detour takes users  east on to SW Maple Street over to the west sidewalk of SW Cherry Street, then heading north crossing West First Street, and lastly heading west along the north sidewalk of West First Street back to the High Trestle Trail connection.  The detour for southbound users will be the reverse of this route. A crosswalk signal is available at the SW Cherry/NW Ash and W First Street intersection. See map for details. Motorists should slow down and use extra caution in this area.

This press release was produced by the City of Ankeny. The views expressed here are the author’s own.