Fall Line Trail – Lakeside Community Trail Phase 1, 2, and 3

Project Status: Underway - Design

Estimated Cost: See below
Start Date: 2024
Estimated End Date: 2026

Magisterial District:   Fairfield  

Henrico County is proposing the construction of a new trail in the Lakeside community.  The trail will be a 12 foot wide multi-use trail that is approximately 2 miles in length, and will include several pedestrian bridges over Upham Brook tributary. The trail is part of the Fall Line Trail that runs from Ashland to Petersburg. The Lakeside trail will provide a connection from Spring Park to Hilliard Road in the Lakeside community.  The County has been awarded Transportation Alternatives grant funding to construct this trail.

The trail is being designed in three phases and they are separated as follows:

• Lakeside Phase 1 – Spring Park to Dumbarton Rd – 3,200 linear feet
  • Estimated Cost: $1.8 million
• Lakeside Phase 2 – Dumbarton Rd to Lakeside Recreation Area – 2,640
  • Estimated Cost: $2.9 million
• Lakeside Phase 3 – Lakeside Recreation Area to Hilliard Road – 3,400
  • Estimated Cost: $4.1 million

Progress to Date

• On Thursday, September 19, 2019 the Henrico County Department of Public Works held a Citizen Information Meeting from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. to discuss this project.