Downtown Anniston excited to see Chief Ladiga Trail expansion [Video]

ANNISTON, Ala. (WIAT) – A project decades in the making is underway in Anniston. The city hopes to see the expansion of the Chief Ladiga Trail completed by summer 2025.

When the expanded section of the Chief Ladiga Trail opens, it will run right into the heart of downtown Anniston, making it the longest pedestrian pathway in the country.

“The Ladiga comes from Jacksonville and Piedmont where it continues further and connects to Georgia’s Silver Comet Trail,” Anniston public relations director Jackson Hodges said. “It will form over 100 miles of paved pedestrian pathway.”

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The city of Anniston says each year, Chief Ladiga Trail and Georgia’s Silver Comet Trail average around 33,000 people walking and cycling in the more populated areas of the trails. With this expansion, the city hopes all of those people will funnel right into the downtown district.

“It’s really going to put Anniston on the map,” Hodges said. …