Envisioning A Future with a Countywide Bike-Ped Network

According to the United States Census Bureau, Baldwin County has a total area of 2,027 square miles (5,250 km2) and is the largest county by area in Alabama and the 12th-largest county east of the Mississippi River.

The Trailblazers have achieved a years-long joint effort with the Baldwin County Commission to approve a countywide connectivity plan for bike-pedestrian corridors. (Click here to see the connectivity plan in detail.)

The Baldwin County Multimodal Connectivity Vision Plan, adopted by the Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) in April 2024, puts forth a unified vision for Baldwin County’s 14 municipalities for bike-ped connectivity between the jurisdictions, guiding the future buildout of bike-ped pathways to the best advantage of all our communities. (Read the MPO resolution here.) In addition to east-west links, the network will connect to the proposed rails-to-trails line between Foley and Bay Minette.

What’s Next?

Next, the 14 municipalities included in the plan must jointly agree to support it. Three of them have done so.

Have Adopted the Plan:

City of Loxley
Town of Magnolia Springs
Town of Summerdale

Still Need to Adopt It:

City of Bay Minette
City of Daphne
Town of Elberta
City of Fairhope
City of Foley
City of Gulf Shores
City of Orange Beach
Town of Perdido Beach
City of Robertsdale
City of Silverhill
City of Spanish Fort

How Can I Help?

The Baldwin County Trailblazers have drafted a resolution to encourage each municipality to sign on to the plan. Read it here. If you’d like to volunteer to speak at a city council meeting and read this resolution during the public comment portion, please email us at info@baldwincountytrailblazers.org to sign up.