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Comprehensive Plan 53 Considering trails, the Town falls short of the natural settings through passive recreation. national metric for 4.5 miles of trails. Across the Town’s parks there are approximately 3.35 miles Parks Accessibility Analysis of trails. Considering trails within county and state parks, as well as nature preserves in the town, the One of the most important aspects of a great park Town offers approximately 12.72 miles of trails. system is its accessibility to the residents it serves. Once the portion of the Erie Cattaraugus Trail To determine the accessibility of parks in the Town that will traverse through the Town is completed, of Aurora, a driveshed analysis was conducted for Aurora will surpass 4.5 miles of available trails and every town, village, county, and state-owned park in will be able to offer residents the opportunity to Aurora, as well as nature preserves. As seen in the connect to other trails outside the Town. adjacent map, 95.3% of residential parcels in the Town are within a 5-minute drive of a park in the Aurora Lastly, the Town of Aurora dedicates approximately (light pink); 100% of residential parcels are within a just one-third of the operating expenditure 10-minute drive of a park in Aurora (dark pink). Due to expected for parks & recreation in jurisdictions the Town’s rural nature, there is a lack of a pedestrian of 20,000 or less residents nationwide. Much network (sidewalks and trails) that connects residents of the land the Town’s parks cover, especially to the Town’s Park System, however, everyone in the its largest at Majors Park, embraces the area’s Town does have convenient access to parkland with natural environment and allow natural features just a short car trip. and vegetation to permeate. This in turn reduces maintenance costs for the Town while also allowing residents to immerse themselves in truly