The city of Red Bank is amending an agreement it made with the Trust for Public Land regarding the extension of two trails on Stringer's Ridge that will connect the city of Chattanooga's Stringer's Ridge Park to White Oak Park in Red Bank.
The agreement, which the city entered into with TPL in May 2015, stipulated that work on the trails be completed by March 31 of this year.
Work on the trails, each of which is slated to be approximately a mile long, was expected to begin last summer, City Manager Randall Smith said, but had been delayed due to unforeseen circumstances.
"The original trail placement was modified based on a [neighboring] property owner's request," he said.
Smith said the trail extensions should definitely be complete within the next year, and commissioners passed a resolution at their March 15 meeting that extends the agreement with TPL for one year.
Earlier this year, Red Bank accepted a donation from the Tennessee River Gorge Trust of two 16-acre parcels on Stringer's Ridge, meaning even more opportunities for trails within the small municipality. The parcels are within Red Bank city limits and lie northwest of Stringer's Ridge Park in Chattanooga.