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The first step toward implementing the Centennial Greenway is the formal adoption of the Plan by The Great Rivers Greenway District Board. The Plan provides the framework for developing the detail design for specific components of the Centennial Greenway. It also includes, in supplementary form, recommendations for easements, land acquisition, alliances and a conceptual budget. Having participated in the process of developing the Plan, the jurisdictions through which the Centennial Greenway The phasing approach outlined in the Plan provides a general guide to the implementation of the Centennial Greenway by prioritizing each segment over time. Once completed, the Centennial Greenway will be entirely off-street and will create new pedestrian access to numerous acres of open space. In the interim, the Plan outlines short-term, on-street links between segments as they are developed. The Phasing Plan considers immediate opportunities, coordination with related projects Three phases are defined, and divide the implementation into five year increments. Great Rivers Greenway has identified 2006 and 2007 primarily as a Design Phase, with several key components of the Centennial to be engineered to a construction ready Forest Park to Vernon Road in University City; Olive Boulevard from McKnight Road in University City to Price Road in Olivette; Phase Two will complete the Centennial Greenway from Ackert Walk at Vernon Road through University City to the intersection Phase Three will complete the Centennial Greenway by linking Woodson Park in Overland with the eastern end of the Ameren Phase One will establish greenway segments in the east, central and west reaches of the study area. These project areas include Shaw Park near downtown Clayton to Greensfelder Park in University City following the Interstate 170/Metro corridor; and of McKnight Road and Olive Boulevard; connect Olive Boulevard with Indian Meadows Park in Olivette; and extend the rural passes have expressed their support and intend to formally acknowledge the plan through written support to the District. proposed by other entities, and the anticipated availability of funding in conjunction with other GRG projects. west segment from Fee Fee Road to Schuetz Road in unincorporated St. Louis County. level. Construction of these components is anticipated to follow thereafter. Creve Coeur Park to Fee Fee Road in unincorporated St. Louis County. Corridor by following Baur and Schuetz Road through