Look Who it Was Random video

Mayor's Bike in Idaho Falls May 23 2016

770 views · Published 25 May 2016 · 2:55 · Indexed 30 October 2026

Channel: East Idaho News · 2016 · News & Politics

Watch on YouTube

CHANGES TO IDAHO FALLS GREENBELT ANNOUNCED DURING MAYOR’S BIKE RIDE
REXBURG 0  Updated at 3:23 pm, May 25th, 2016 By: Stephan Rockefeller
SHARE THIS STORY
Reporters Stephan Rockefeller and Natalia Hepworth interview Idaho Falls Mayor Rebecca Casper while all three are riding bikes. A sp
IDAHO FALLS — Major changes are in store for the Idaho Falls greenbelt.

“Right now if two bikers were to come towards each other on the path, one would either have to choose the narrow strip next to the river or the road,” Mayor Rebecca Casper told EastIdahoNews.com reporters as they rode with her during the annual Mayor’s Bike Ride on Monday. “By installing a wider path, we give both pedestrians and bikers the opportunity to use the path safely.”

Casper and other city officials cut the ribbon for the new path along the greenbelt during the event.

Modifications will take place on the east side of the river on Riverside Drive starting after the Fourth of July celebration. City officials say a 12-foot blacktop path will be installed. The path will be wide enough as to allow bikers, joggers and walkers alike.

Future plans also include signage, safer walking access near the falls and permanent tunnels under the Broadway Bridge and U.S. Highway 20 bridge.

A name change is also in the works.

“We are transitioning over from calling it the greenbelt to the River Walk instead,” City of Idaho Falls spokeswoman Kerry McCullough told EastIdahoNews.com. “This is one of the changes we made with the new city-wide wayfinding signage program. ‘River Walk’ is more universal than ‘greenbelt.'”

More from this channel