Improvements Coming to Siloam Springs City Lake – KNWA

SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark.-- - Another Northwest Arkansas town is getting a facelift.

165 acres is being turned into an outdoor lover's playground.

Siloam Springs is spending nearly a million dollars on its future.

"It's just going to really take our recreational amenities that we have in Siloam Springs to another level," City Administrator Phillip Patterson said.

Siloam Springs City Lake is adding five miles of dirt trails, and that's just the beginning for its new additions.

Other improvements will include a wooden truss bridge to cross Flint Creek, a mile of soft-surface mutli-use trail, a disc golf course and and bike park!

The ultimate goal of the project is to draw more people out to experience all the fun Siloam Springs' City Lake has to offer.

The city administrator said the lake will bring much needed recreational options the city hasnt had in the past.

"We've owned this property for a long long time, it's been in it's natural state. We've always wanted to be able to include some recreational amenities here and now we have what I believe to be an accurate path to try and get there,"Patterson said.

People who live in the area are happy about the updates, but they're worried about more people causing problems.

Larry Garner who lives nearby said the only down side will be the three T's, trash, traffic, and theft."

Even with those concerns, change brings hope.

Garner said he thinks the benefits outweigh the negatives.

As long as the city of Siloam is willing to police it and although its outside the city limits technically, hopefully they will have some kind of protection for its occupants because of the increased traffic."

The first phase will be completed this year, and the second phase either this year or in 2018.

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Improvements Coming to Siloam Springs City Lake - KNWA