Trail connections coming at Nokomis-Hiawatha park

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is finalizing concept designs for the next round of trail connection improvements in Nokomis-Hiawatha Regional Park. After open house events in June and July, the final scheduled public meeting was held on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at Lake Nokomis Community Center.
There's also an interactive online map for people to review the concepts and comment.
The Nokomis-Hiawatha Regional Park Master Plan was adopted in 2015. It provides a long-term vision for improvements at Lake Nokomis, Lake Hiawatha and surrounding parkland and trails. This project will build as many of the following unfinished, short-term connection improvements identified in the plan as possible under the project budget:
• Connection between the 54th Street E Triangle Park and West Lake Nokomis Parkway
• New trail connection between Edgewater Boulevard//E Lake Nokomis Parkway and Cedar Avenue Bridge
• New pedestrian-only trail loop around Amelia Pond
• Cedar Avenue crossing at 52nd Street
• Cedar Avenue crossing at 50th Street
• Lake Hiawatha pedestrian-only bridge over Minnehaha Creek
• Trail crossing at the connection between Minnehaha Parkway and Lake Nokomis Parkway, just west of Lake Nokomis Community Center
View the MPRB project page for more details.
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, Minneapolis Public Works and Hennepin County are also studying ways to reduce vehicle traffic speeds and improve safety at the intersection of Cedar Avenue, Lake Nokomis Parkway and Edgewater Boulevard. Short-term improvements are planned this year.
Visit the City of Minneapolis' project page for more information.