King County Parks and King County’s Regional Trail system just opened an extension in the Fairwood area of the Soos Creek Trail for Fairwood residents to enjoy.  Work crews have just completed construction on a new 3/4 of a mile addition that is no ordinary stretch of trail.  Much of the new length runs along the edge of sensitive wetlands and had to be carefully constructed to avoid damage. 

“Roughly half of the new length of trail will be built with elevated decking atop steel pilings to preserve the wetlands, which are part of the Soos Creek watershed,” said John McCarthy, King County Parks project manager.  “I think trail users will be very pleased by the final result, which will be a great surface for walkers, joggers and cyclists through a beautiful area,” McCarthy said.

Completed, the Soos Creek Trail runs from its present northern terminus at Gary Grant Park on Southeast 208th Street in Kent, to the Cedar River Trail in Maple Valley that runs along the Renton Maple Valley Highway.

More information on the Soos Creek Trail and King County’s regional trail system is available at http://www.metrokc.gov/Parks/Trails/sooscreek.html  (Image provided by metrokc.gov)