their historic design or association with the historic mill site". County executive Ken Ulman broke ground at the project May 28, 2014, in front of the Mill Buildings announcing, "It means we can be more productive in our careers. It means we can get to our kids' practices and games on time. It means more quality time for families." The bridge A concrete footbridge was built over Route 29 in 1982 to connect Oakland Mills to the neighboring Columbia Town Center. In 2005, the county held a charrette to discuss redevelopment of the Rouse Planned Community beyond its initial 100,000 population design requiring the developer to conduct a study on the benefits of the footbridge. In 2010, The Downtown Columbia Plan passed, requiring the developer to fund a replacement footbridge as a condition before additional development could occur in Columbia. In 2010, The Rouse Company conducted a study, stating that there was little transportation benefit to the bridge. County Executive Ken Ulman proposed an unexpected $600,000 in county funds in the 2012 budget to relieve the developer of the bridge building expense and development restriction. In 2013, Howard County spent $100,000 to conduct its own study. In 2018, the bridge was renovated, with a new spiraling geometrical design, upgraded lighting, and safety enhancements. Names Steven's Forest is named for the original land grant patented to Charles Stevens on May 10, 1709. The tract was resurveyed on August 4, 1746, by Phillip Hammond. The tract was only by 1783 when owned by Brice Hammond. In 1787, Major General of the 1st division of the Maryland State Infantry Charles Sterrett Ridgely, combined "Browns Adventure", "Chew's Angle", "Stevens Forest" and "Cost upon Cost" to form a tract for the Oakland Manor slave plantation. Streets in Steven's Forest are named for works of John Dos Passos, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ernest Hemingway. Talbott Springs comes from the name of the land grant, Talbott's Resolution Manor, patented on August 30, 1714, by John and Elizabeth Talbot, reduced to in 1783 by Rachel Ridgley. Street names are taken from the works of Carl Sandburg, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Thunder Hill derives from the name of the area farm of landowner Oliver Goldsmith who sold property to Rouse. The street names are from Andrew Wyeth. The street "Coonhunt Court" generated some controversy, without a direct reference to Wyeth's works; efforts to change the name started in 1969.