Belleville Lake Boating Access Improvements

Spicer Group assisted the City of Belleville with designing and constructing improvements to Horizon Park, which is the City’s only public access to the 1,270-acre Belleville Lake. Prior to improvements, the park lacked a safe and easy way to visit the City by boat, the existing dock was too high, and designated boat docking was very limited.

Spicer assisted the City in applying for and receiving a Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Grant in the amount of $120,700 and developed designs for a new universally accessible boardwalk, ADA-accessible boat docking, fishing dock, and accessible canoe/kayak launches. The new dock is a floating structure attached to the existing boardwalk and is designed to leave the other lakeshore area of the park in an open and natural state. This design minimized the impact from development and includes a gangway that leads down to the boat docks and canoe/kayak launch.

The new launch also provides direct access to and from the Huron River Water Trail, a 104-mile-long paddling trail. It also provides a valuable link between Belleville Lake and the City of Belleville’s downtown business district that has many shopping/dining opportunities and hosts several festivals. Spicer Group provided all design, survey, permitting, grant writing, and construction inspection tasks for this project.