Planners designing a new urban trail to connect Lake Montebello with Wyman Park announced last night that they have come up with a preferred approach for further study: Building the trail in the 33rd Street median, rather than displacing a parking lane in the street itself.

Liz Gordon, a representative of Kittelson & Associates, a firm working on the trail project, told more than 200 people gathered at the 29th Street Community Center that the design team had been exploring two options for the trail, but will now focus on one: modifying the median.

The Rails to Trails Conservancy and others are leading the effort to create an urban trail network that will better connect Lake Montebello with neighborhoods to the west such as Charles Village, Oakenshawe, Waverly and Ednor Gardens, using 33rd Street as a circulation spine.

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