Views of Lookout Mountain, a landscaped street leading to a new river plaza and at least one canoe/kayak launch are all part of a preliminary plan for a three-mile Riverwalk extension.
This week, representatives of Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon Inc. unveiled new site renderings for the latest section of the park to local officials. They are waiting on the state’s green light to begin negotiating property rights for the new section, which will cost an estimated $15 million to complete.
County Engineer Todd Leamon said his office and the county’s development arm recently applied for an additional grant that could take the path from Ross’s Landing to as far as St. Elmo Avenue. The county already has funding to extend the Riverwalk to South Broad Street, he said.
The St. Elmo Avenue termination point will be about a half mile from the Lookout Mountain trail system, said John R. Brown, project manager with architect Barge, Waggoner.
“Ultimately, this would connect up to Lookout Mountain,” he said. “There’s going to have to be another half-mile section.”