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Council pauses river-side trail push after landowner impasse, prioritizes Dayton connection
Summary
After several years of negotiations with a property owner who would grant a river-edge trail easement, staff told council that the owner is unlikely to grant a permanent easement. Council directed staff to pause active effort to acquire the river-side alignment, advance a East Lincoln Way–Southeast Sixteenth connection via South Dayton Avenue
City staff briefed the Ames City Council on Aug. 5 about a stalled effort to complete a shared-use path along the west bank of the Skunk River between East Lincoln Way and Southeast 16th Street. Background and status City planners and engineers said they had been negotiating for several years with the property owner whose parcel the preferred riverside alignment would cross. Staff said the route offers a more natural, scenic alignment and would allow reuse of a salvaged pedestrian bridge, but the owner has repeatedly signaled reluctance to grant a permanent easement; staff said the owner prefers to keep the land intact for a family transfer rather than…
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