An 18-mile bike trail through Silver Creek Township now connects Russom Park on Yaw Street near Dowagiac with Sister Lakes.
“The scenic loop runs from here to California Road,” Supervisor Bill Saunders said Friday.
“Then it goes over to Middle Crossing, up Indian Trail, down Downey Street, Leach Road, Topash Street, Garrett Road, up Dixon Street to the township hall, then we go down Indian Lake Road to School Street.
On School Street to Garrett, Burke, then back California to Middle Crossing to here. You can come back to where you started if you want.”
Saunders said Cass County Road Commission conducted traffic counts to determine the least-traveled arteries once officials decided the cost would be prohibitive to build the eight-foot bike path the state requires.
“That was just out of the question,” Saunders said.
The designated trail resulted from a survey Silver Creek conducted six years ago.
“We sent out 2,900 surveys and got back more than 50 percent,” Saunders