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Draft Grand County non-motorized trails master plan moves through public comment; city-county connectivity emphasized
Summary
County staff presented progress on a draft non-motorized trails master plan that aims to guide recreation and active-transportation connections; staff said public open-house feedback was strong and the draft will be refined for presentation to city and county councils this fall.
County staff and consultants presented a mid-draft version of the Grand County non-motorized trails master plan and invited continued public input as the document moves toward presentation to city and county elected bodies.
Katie (BLM planner) and county recreation staff described the document as a guiding, visioning plan intended to map potential connections for non-motorized recreation and active transportation across Grand County. The committee was told the previous county master plan dated to 2011 and that many routes identified then have been built; the new plan consolidates recent work, identifies future connections and includes active-transportation links between the county and the City of Moab.
Staff said the draft plan remains conceptual in many areas, especially where proposed alignments intersect private land. The plan shows conceptual point-to-point connections rather than final alignments; staff described ongoing outreach to landowners and consultants— protocols for negotiating easements or moving routes off private property if necessary.
At the committee—s recent open house, project consultants and county staff said many landowners came early in the process to review maps and discuss options. Reid Bakken (bike representative) said Katie informed the group that negotiations for land access along Spanish Valley Drive toward Arroyo have completed and that many of the land agreements for that corridor should move forward, a development members described as a positive step toward a connected route from south of Spanish Valley into town.
On funding, staff said the plan itself is paid in part by an optional sales tax and county department funds and that construction of specific projects will rely on a mix of grants and agency budgets. Staff said some near-term projects already have grant funding, while most lines on the plan are long-range priority concepts that will be submitted as individual projects for funding.
Staff encouraged committee members and the public to continue submitting comments; the draft plan—s outreach team will collect feedback at future in-person map sessions and through staff contacts before a fall presentation to both city and county councils.
