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Conference committee debates trails language; considers moving provision to DMV bill or delaying effective date
Summary
Members of the conference committee on transportation discussed a remaining dispute over trails language in a transportation bill, weighing three options—leave the language, remove it, or keep it with a delayed effective date—and agreed to pursue more testimony and a legislative vehicle rather than reach a final decision in the session.
Members of the conference committee on transportation met to resolve a remaining disagreement over a provision about trails in a transportation bill, discussing whether to keep the provision, remove it or include it with a delayed effective date.
The committee’s deliberations centered on a lawsuit and uncertainty about who is responsible for maintenance of trails built on public road rights-of-way. Committee members said towns and nonprofit trail groups need clarity to avoid disruption to trail maintenance this spring and summer, but other members urged caution, noting legal questions could make immediate action imprudent.
Committee members outlined three options: leave the trails language in the transportation bill as written;…
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