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Webinar – Bay Area Trails Collaborative Trail Talk — Beyond Cost Per Mile: Understanding Trail Costs

WEBINAR
July 31, 2026

Trail Talk #8 – Estimating CostDownload Slides Here

Estimating the cost of a trail is rarely as simple as a price per mile—material types, site conditions, prevailing wage and inflation all shape what a project will cost.

This Bay Area Trails Collaborative (BATC) Trail Talk featured a trail manager, designer and contractor who utilized two case studies to share their perspectives on cost estimating philosophy, breaking down project components and avoiding scope gaps from planning through construction.

Speakers

Tara McIntire, Principal Landscape Architect, Marin County Parks

Erik Stromberg, Principal Landscape Architect and Restoration Director, Restoration Design Group, Inc.

Mark Cederborg, Principal and Managing Partner, Outset Advisors

Resources

RTC’s TrailNation Collaborative, Trail Development and Policy teams produce a free webinar series designed to help trail professionals build, grow, manage, maintain, promote or otherwise support trails and trail networks. Sign up here to get webinar alerts. 

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