Planning has begun for the Highway 1 trail project in Iowa City. City officials will hold a neighborhood public open house next week to present project goals.

A 10-foot-wide trail is projected to stretch along the north side of Highway 1 and go from Orchard Street to Sunset Street. An 8-foot-wide trail will also be implemented along the west side of Orchard Street.

Shive-Hattery Inc. has begun the preliminary design work, which will be presented at the open-house meeting from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sept. 28 in Paul’s strip-mall area, 438 Highway 1 W.

The city has planned for a consultant to begin collecting data through surveys and field work along Highway 1.

— by Asmaa Elkeurti