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Commissioners discuss fast-tracking Fairways Drive trail; impact-fee funding and connections unsettled
Summary
County staff asked commissioners to accelerate construction of a 0.84-mile trail alongside the Fairways Drive extension, requesting roughly $350,000 from Upper Valley impact fees; commissioners supported the idea in principle and asked staff to explore procurement, reimbursements and route connections but did not record a formal vote.
County staff and local developers asked commissioners on Monday to accelerate construction of a trail along the Fairways Drive road extension and to authorize use of Upper Valley impact fees to pay for immediate work while procurement and reimbursements are finalized.
The request concerns a roughly 0.84-mile trail and how it will connect into existing and planned segments from Wolf Creek Drive to River Drive, Eden Park and beyond; commissioners and staff emphasized avoiding "trails to nowhere" and completing connections where feasible.
Ashley Tolan, a county presenter, told commissioners the trail segment is about 0.84 mile and estimated an approximate cost ceiling of $350,000 to grade, place 8 inches of road base and lay 3 inches of asphalt on the north side of the road. Tolan said that…
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