Walkers, joggers, cyclists and others could soon find a safer way to recreate without the fear of nearby traffic. The South Davis Greenway Feasibility Study is a regional planning effort evaluating the potential for a continuous multi-use trail and pathway corridor separated from traffic that would extend through North Salt Lake, Bountiful, Centerville and Farmington. 

A greenway is usually separated from moving traffic with landscaped buffers, behind the curb or on their own right-of-way.

The Bountiful City Council discussed the proposal during the May 12 work meeting. 

“We’ve partnered with Bountiful, Centerville, Farmington and North Salt Lake to focus on improving original connectivity, recreation opportunities and active transportation options through south Davis,” said Planning and Economic Development Director Francisco Astorga. “We’ll evaluate potential alignments, pathways, design concepts, roadway crossing, implementation considerations and long term partnership opportunities.”

The actual feasibility study is being funded through a combination of local and regional contributions, he said. “Each city contributed a $7,500 local match toward the project. The consultant budget totals approximately $145,000 including $115,000 in grant funding through the Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) TLC Connections Program, as indicated on the staff report.”

The greenway concept is consistent with several goals and policies found in the Bountiful City General Plan, said Astorga. “I just want to remind the council and the public that at this stage, the study remains conceptual and exploratory. No final alignment, design or funding commitment or construction schedule has been established. We believe that this study will help us be in a better position should we move forward.”

Representing the consultant team, Brent Crowther, a professional engineer with Kimley-Horn who serves as the project manager gave the presentation.

“I think the best thing about him is he is a North Salt Lake resident and he’s on their trust committee,” said Astorga. “He’s our neighbor here and one of many working on this.”

“We started the project in September of 2025,” said Crowther. “It is a collaboration between the four south Davis communities. The purpose is to identify alignment and the feasibility of a continuous path – a greenway that would extend from US 89 and Eagle Ridge Drive there by Starbucks north all the way to Farmington.”

There are some great opportunities with timing, he said. “The I-15 reconstruction project will construct a new shared path running from Highway 89 and the Starbucks, taking it all the way past Capitol Hill.”

That will be a separated, dedicated, shared use path, Crowther said. “The project will also reconstruct a portion of the I-15 frontage road near Chase Lane and up in Farmington and Centerville for the northern part. So once those are constructed we just need to fill in the gap in between Centerville and North Salt Lake and then we will have a continuous separated, shared use path all the way from Farmington into downtown Salt Lake City.”

This project is designed to position the South Davis Greenway for consideration for funding by the Utah Trail Network, he said. “We’ve been in coordination and communication with the Utah Trail Network team and they are aware of the project.”

There is a great mountain trail network that the cities have been working on, said Crowther. “What we’re lacking is our active transportation, our ability to move people safely around the city.”

A public outreach and demonstration event about the South Davis Greenway is currently planned for June 26, 2026 during the concert event at Bountiful Park.

For corridor mapping, background information and public engagement materials and conceptual alternatives currently under evaluation visit South Davis Greenway.