Standley Lake Library Trailhead Project

Overview

The City of Arvada is working in collaboration with Jefferson County Public Library (JCPL) on a project to build the only trailhead serving the Rocky Mountain Greenway (RMG) within the City of Arvada on JCPL property. The trailhead will provide universal access from Standley Lake Library, existing parking area, and Kipling Street to a central public trailhead. From this hub, multiple new ADA-accessible routes will lead to the RMG.

Trail Users & Community Benefits

A recent study identified trail-user groups as pedestrians (including walking, running, and wheelchair), recreational bicyclists, and school, work, or other utilitarian-purposed bicyclists, ranging in age from youth to seniors in Arvada and Westminster. The trailhead will serve the general community, library patrons, and more than 3,500 youth enrolled in six schools within a 1.5-mile radius.

General Project Timeline

Project timeline is approximate and subject to change.

• Trail design options available: July 8, 2022
• Online community survey and input through Speak Up Arvada: July 8 through August 1, 2022
• Design concept refinement: Fall and Winter 2022
• Final City approval plans: Late Summer 2023
• Bid advertisement of construction project: Fall 2023
• Construction: Spring 2024

Trailhead Design Elements

Multiple 8-foot-wide paved accessible trail routes from the library parking lot west edge to a central trailhead and the existing RMG. The accessible route will tie into an existing accessible route from the trailhead to the library's front entrance. An accessible route from Kipling Street paved in 6 to 8-foot-wide concrete will also tie into the trailhead and the RMG.

A central trailhead gathering area to serve multiple uses, consisting of an iconic shade shelter, paved plaza, seating, bicycle racks, wayfinding signage, information for active lifestyles along with educational interpretive signage.

Xeric plantings and retrofit of the existing automatic underground irrigation system needed to sustain the new landscape and restored areas.

Parking for the trailhead will be accommodated using the existing library parking lot; future parking lot expansion may be proposed.

About Rocky Mountain Greenway

Announced in 2011, the Rocky Mountain Greenway (RMG) vision is a system of uninterrupted trails linking the three Metro area National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs): Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, Two Ponds NWR, and Rocky Flats NWR. Beyond the Metro area, the broader vision is to extend this Greenway Trail to Rocky Mountain National Park. When complete, the Greenway Trail will link thousands of acres of public lands together.