An engineering study has helped clear the way for the first phase of the Inverness Community Greenway, a trail for walkers and bikers that will make a loop through neighborhoods off Valleydale Road along Inverness Parkway. Most of the planned greenway is in Hoover and will be part of a route that will ultimately link Veterans Park on Valleydale Road with an 77-acre nature park already located in Inverness. Part of the route between the two parks will be six-foot-wide sidewalks that will be included in a project to widen Valleydale Road.