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Horsemen urge reopening and consolidation of Piedmont/Waterline bypass; committee to seek report and stakeholder input
Summary
Horsemen and committee members reported an unmaintained horse bypass near Piedmont Road and recommended consolidating horse and bike routes onto the safer, maintained trail; the Trails Advisory Committee asked staff to produce a field report and consult biking groups before deciding whether to reopen or formally decommission the bypass.
Members of the Trails Advisory Committee and representatives of the local horsemen’s group described a deteriorated bypass on the Piedmont–Waterline section of the Olympic Discovery Trail and urged the county to remove or formally decommission the unsafe bypass so horses and cyclists can use the same, maintained route.
Jennifer Riedel, who identified herself as “horsemen at large,” told the committee the…
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