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Unit Name:<br />

Acres: 15.19<br />

Description:<br />

Alachua Rail Trail (Gainesville to Hawthorne Downtown Connector and 6 th Street Rail<br />

Trail)<br />

Managing<br />

Agency:<br />

City <strong>of</strong><br />

Gainesville<br />

Current Management Plan<br />

Approved:<br />

310<br />

1/10/2010<br />

The Alachua Rail-Trail is comprised <strong>of</strong> two parcels: the Gainesville to Hawthorne Downtown<br />

Connector and the 6 th Street Rail Trail. The properties are managed under one sublease<br />

agreement/management plan. The property is abandoned rail bed and is managed for recreation,<br />

conservation and alternative transportation purposes. This property facilitates a connection from<br />

downtown Gainesville to the Gainesville-Hawthorne State Park Trail. The 1.8-mile Downtown<br />

Connector segment is improved with a non-motorized paved trail along the centerline <strong>of</strong> the rail<br />

bed for multiple user groups including bicyclists, skaters and hikers/runners/walkers.<br />

Accomplishments:<br />

Capital Improvements:<br />

• 1.8-miles paved trail is under construction via funding from the American Recovery<br />

and Reinvestment Act.<br />

Other:<br />

• 1.8-miles paved trail is being designed via funding from Federal Highway<br />

Administration.

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