In 2020 the City was awarded $8.5 million from the California Department of Parks & Recreation through the Proposition 68 Parks and Water Bond Act of 2018 to improve approximately 4.5 miles of the existing Escondido Creek Trail (between Harmony Grove Road and Midway Drive) and add approximately 0.4 miles of new bicycle path (between Harmony Grove Road and the Citracado Parkway extension)
to the linear park. This project will create a double-sided trail on approximately 1.7 miles; on one side will be the existing Class I bicycle path, on the other will be a new DG trail.
After stakeholder meetings and community workshops in 2020, 60% construction drawings are nearly complete. Design review of the construction drawings will be conducted by the Planning Commission, tentatively scheduled for July 13, 2021. It is anticipated that construction would start in winter 2021. A community workshop is scheduled for June 22. More information about this project can be found at: https://www.escondido.org/ECT
