Tide to Town
About the Project
The Tide to Town Urban Trail will be a protected network of walking and bicycling trails connecting all of Savannah and Chatham County. When complete, the core route will be a 30+ mile continuous transportation system connecting 62 neighborhoods, 30 schools, 3 major hospitals, and several economic centers. It will be a combination of off-road shared-use paths and barrier-separated on-street bike lanes.
Two segments of the trail are completed along Truman Parkway. When a third segment now under construction is finished sometime in 2025-26, there will be a single continuous 7-mile-long stretch of trail along Truman Parkway from Police Memorial Trail to Lake Mayer Park.
A new route along Middleground Road is being designed, from Georgian Southern University Armstrong Campus to Montgomery Cross Road.
Two more sections of the trail are in the planning phase. One would create a “Heritage Trail” connecting the Canal District/Enmarket Arena to downtown. Another area being studied includes a route along Montgomery Cross Road from Lake Mayer to Abercorn Street.
A map of the entire existing and proposed Tide To Town Trail route can be found at Tide To Town Trail Map.
Project Goals
Create a safe, stress-free place to walk, bike, jog, or skate | Create an affordable and cost effective system focused on long-term economic development | Provide priority access to low-income and minority neighborhoods; connecting homes to schools, employment centers, and services |
TTT Equitable Growth Plan
The Tide to Town Trail Equitable Growth Plan is currently in the early planning stages. The plan’s purpose is to ensure that this major route of the growing citywide trail and path system supports community connectivity and active recreation while also promoting economic, social, and recreational justice for the culturally rich, yet economically low-wealth communities along the trail.
Community Engagement
The Tide to Town Equitable Growth Plan’s community engagement process will directly inform proposals such as the following:
- community-beneficial economic development and generational wealth building actions that benefits residents
- steps that enable residents to own and rent homes in their communities, while expanding and improving affordable housing opportunities
- measures for supporting the growth of existing and new local businesses
- improving and creating places along the trail for community gatherings and events
- points of trail access
- ways to connect the trail to current and future job centers
- connections to the CAT system
- measures for constructing the trail that promote safer neighborhood sidewalk, bicycling and roadway connections
- trail-related environmental improvements
- revisions to the trail’s current proposed alignment
- possible education and interpretive elements to include in the trail system’s design