LAKELAND — Lakeland commissioners have approved a contract that will nearly double the completed recreational trails available at Se7en Wetlands and improve public access.
City commissioners approved an construction contract of more than $455,000 with Lakeland-based Rodda Construction Inc. on Monday to carry out the third phase of trails planned for its Se7en Wetlands, 500 W. Carter Road.
“The trails already exist,” Robert Kniss, Lakeland’s water utilities engineering manager, told commissioners at Friday’s agenda study. “What this is doing besides adding connecting bridges and entry points is adding trail markers so people don’t get lost.”
Rodda Construction will be expected to build two wooden bridge trail connectors and three shade structures in the southern and western parts of the roughly 1,640-acre park. Each of the shade structures will have a concrete pad, roof and picnic table provided.
There will be approximately 31 trail markers added to the 15.5 miles of trail that Rodda will improve as part of phase three.