Great Rivers Greenway and St. Louis County Parks invite area residents to celebrate the opening of the Maline Greenway in North St. Louis County at a ribbon cutting on Thursday, May 9 in Bella Fontaine County Park. The event is being held in conjunction with St. Louis County’s Food Truck Fest from 5-8 p.m.
This project creates 1.6 miles of the planned seven-mile Maline Greenway, an east-west link that will connect the Mississippi and St. Vincent Greenways. This phase was built primarily within Bella Fontaine County Park and includes new and refurbished, ADA-accessible walking and biking paths and the replacement of three bridges. There is also a new underpass beneath Highway 367/Lewis & Clark Boulevard, connecting both sides of the park and two Metro transit stops.
Additional improvements include a new rain garden and streambank restoration along Maline Creek to help improve water quality and reduce erosion. Construction was coordinated with MSD to coincide with planned improvements to the waste and storm water infrastructure. There is also new landscaping including more than 300 trees and shrubs and new seating areas.