Pathways Commission
Regular Meetings:  Third Monday of month at 5:00p.m.
in the conference room of City Hall.
Related site:  Lafayette - Oxford - University Pathways Website
 

Oxford Designated a  Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists!

The goal of the Pathways project is to diversify and increase transportation and recreation opportunities in Oxford by creating an interconnected grid of bike lanes, pedestrian sidewalks and multi-use paths.

Oxford Pathways Commission Members
Roger Franck 6202 Charleston Court Oxford, MS  38655 662-801-8024 Rfranck@thrcg.com	Kate Kellum 509 College Hill Road Oxford, MS  38655 662-234-4488 kate.kellum@gmail.com	Nancy Joy 723 Martin Luther King Blvd. Oxford, MS  38655 662-236-3755
Roger Kuhnle 346 Vivian Street Oxford, MS 662-236-5628 rkuhnle@bellsouth.net	Rebecca Moreton 301 South 9th Street Oxford, MS  38655 662-234-4404	Mike Mossing 701 Summerset Dr. Oxford, MS  38655 662-513-0375 mmossing@gmail.com
Vivian Neill                  328 CR 418 Oxford, MS  662-236-1672 vpneill@netdoor.com
Ex-Officio Members:
Jeffrey Hallam #3 CR 3005 Oxford, MS 38655 Cell – 662-513-4455 662-513-4455 jhallam@bellsouth.net	Paul Roberts PO Box 267 Oxford, MS 38655 662-234-9643 paul.roberts@usdoj.gov	Melinda Valliant 546 North 9th Street Oxford, MS  38655 662-236-5352 valliant@olemiss.edu

Phase I of this project is to create the "backbone" portion: a continuous path from Molly Barr Road south to Thacker Mountain.  Preliminary engineering is underway with bidding scheduled to take place in the fall of 2005.  The initial phase of this project will create a pathway along McElroy Drive to Molly Barr Road.  The new pathway will then run from Molly Barr Road along the old railroad bed to Gertrude Ford Boulevard, and then onto Old Taylor Road.  (There are already bike lanes along Molly Barr Road.)  A special bridge crossing Highway 6 will be constructed to connect the north and south portions of Old Taylor Road . The pathway will then head along the TVA power line areas west where the paved portion will end.  Heading southwest to Thacker Mountain will be an unpaved trail that includes fitness stations along the path.  The Hwy 6 bridge and Park Drive segments shown on the map will not be undertaken at this time.
Phase I Update: The Pathways project Phase I is currently under construction.

Miles of two-way paved bike paths in Phase I:  3.2 miles
Miles of two-way unpaved bike paths in Phase I:  2.7 miles 

Phase II (see funding approval above) of this project includes the following:

1. Completion the Core loop from Molly Barr Road to Old Taylor Road and from N. Lamar Blvd. to Sisk Ave.

2. A pedestrian/bikeway bridge over Hwy. 6

3. A pocket park between Jackson Ave and City Pool

4. Bike lanes from Jackson Avenue to new bridges on College Hill Road

5. Bike lanes on Old Sardis Road (Hwy 314) from McElroy Dr. to state maint.

6. Bike lanes on Sisk Avenue from Bramlett to Oxford Commons

7. Bike lanes on S 18th to Belk Dr

8. Bike lanes on Hathorn Road from Coliseum Drive to Intramural Road

9. Bike lanes Belk Drive from S. Lamar to S. 18th

10. Lighting for pathway (on the northern portion of converted rail bed)

11. BMX and Dirt Jumping facilities and walking trails at new Oxford - Lafayette Sportsplex

Miles of paved bike lanes and routes (in phase 2): 8.5 miles.

The pathways project has been enabled by a combination of support from the Mississippi Department of Transportation,  the Oxford Mayor and Board of Aldermen, Congressman Roger Wicker, and the people of the City of Oxford.