Greenway staff joins Amelia Island Parkway Trail celebration

“We’re opening a new connection between neighborhoods, parks, businesses, schools and the natural beauty that makes Amelia Island such a special place,” County Commissioner Hupp Huppmann said. “This multiuse pedestrian and bicycle trail represents something important about who we are as a community. It says that we value getting outside. We value healthy and active lifestyles. We value safe places for people to walk, run, ride and enjoy time with family and friends.”

The Amelia Island Trail also connects to the Timucuan Trail creating a significant stretch of the East Coast Greenway. Plans to extend to the north and west will link to hundreds of miles of connected trail in northern Florida.

Mike Pikula, president of Friends of the Amelia Island Trail and a long-time East Coast Greenway partner, recognized the many people who helped bring the project to completion, including planners, designers, contractors and Nassau County staff.

“On behalf of the Friends of the Amelia Island Trail, and the many, many users of trails on Amelia Island, I offer a heartfelt thank you to all the planners, grant and contract writers, designers, surveyors, drivers, pavers, sign makers and all the other ‘doers’ and supporters of the trail. The hard work has culminated in the construction of our new Amelia Island Parkway Trail, the latest addition to Nassau County’s wonderful trail system!”