The demand for sustainable trail systems in municipalities has never been greater. With a thrust towards increasing the activity levels amongst residents through affordable recreational opportunities combined with enevironmnetal stewardship pressures to increase opportunities for non-motorized transportation within your municipality, understanding the concepts behind sustainable trail network development has become a priority in many cities and towns.

This Ontario Parks Association course is designed to give municipal parks managers, supervisors, architects, planners  and volunteers a detailed look into the design, tools, terminology and engineering principals required to construct sustainable trail systems in your municipality.

Topics include:

• Trail terminology
• Trail building tools
• Sustainable methods
• Soils identification
• Drainage structures
• Advanced techniques
• Trail planning and layout
• Trail head amenities
• Signage, way-finding, interpretive tools & liability,
• Trail marking examples

 Each day of this two-day workshop will be comprised of class room instruction in the mornings and on-site applicaiton of learning's in the afternoons.

Workshop Dates & Times