Friends of Northaven Trail in the works
Last March, I first told you about the Northaven Trail — and the community support group that would likely follow. Well, that time’s arrived. Dallas park board member Lee Kleinman is heading up the new group, which is having its first meeting Tuesday night at 7:30 at the Cindi’s off N. Central Expressway.
During the meeting, Kleinman will discuss the group’s primary role: to maintain and beautify the trail. It will also be a chance for interested neighbors to get themselves organized, as board members and officers will be needed. The meeting is open to anyone in the neighborhood who is interested, no RSVP required.
The group will operate much like the Friends of the Katy Trail and the Friends of the Prestonridge Trail. Both of these groups have helped groom these otherwise ho-hum trails into crown jewels, more like vertical parks really. During a recent podcast, my co-editors and I recently discussed the impact these groups can have. Here’s a link, incase you missed it.
- Posted by Marlena Chavira Medford on Feb 8, 2010 at 07:12 PM in Advocate Mag, Preston Hollow
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Not to sounds like a doofus, but I've never really known what an easement is--let alone an "Oncor easement." Is that basically the big field that runs under the power lines? If it's under the power lines, how will they build a trail that can navigate those big, metal towers?
Amy, you are correct: the big field that runs under the power lines is generally an easement, although there are occasional exceptions. And "easement" generally means that the property is either specifically dedicated to power line use (in this case) or that there is a buried line (it could be phone, power, sewer, water) across a piece of property, and the owner has granted the "easement" to the utility to allow the land to be used as such.
Take a look at the pictures of the Preston Ridge Trail to see how the trails works in the easement. The trail is only 12 ft wide and the easement is about 60 feet wide, so there is plenty of room. www.prestonridgetrail.org