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Scott’s Addition is full of places to eat, drink and play but the former industrial area is limited in green spaces and outdoor recreational spaces.

A multi-use bike and pedestrian trail that would extend along unused rail lines would help remedy that.

“It’s an important project,” said Councilwoman Kim Gray, speaking Wednesday at the Scott’s Addition Boulevard Association monthly membership meeting.

A public meeting is slated for 6-8 p.m. Jan. 30 at the Dominion Payroll building at 3200 Rockbridge St. The meeting will provide information on the project in which abandoned rail lines would be converted to walking and biking paths. The Timmons Group was hired by the city to do a feasibility study of the project,

“We need your input,” Trevor Dickerson, Scott's Addition Boulevard Association president, said at the association meeting. “That is going to be much needed green space for our neighborhood.”

Preliminary design shows the proposed trail divided into four potential segments:

• Segment A runs along the west and north side of Scott’s Addition from Interstate 195 to the Boulevard bridge over the CSX railroad.