4.3-mile trail is 'transformational' for Tacoma's Eastside -- and it's finally complete
May 15—As far back as 20 years, it's been the dream of Tacomans to have access to a pedestrian and bicycle trail through the Eastside.
Just ask Tacoma City Council member Catherine Ushka, who lives in and represents residents in East Tacoma.
"The goal to have a multimodal access trail through here has been in vision since at least 2000, if not before," Ushka said in an interview with The News Tribune on Friday. "So the steps to get here have been many and hard-fought."
That fight is over.
The city completed the third and final phase of the Pipeline Trail within Tacoma city limits, which stretches 1.4 miles from 56th Street and Pipeline Road to the Tacoma-Pierce County line at East 72nd Street and Waller Road East.
The trail is ADA accessible with 12-foot wide asphalt surface, LED lighting, signage and benches. Cost of the project totaled $2.5 million
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