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County-led bike trail team presents preferred Sandpeak Trail alignment, opens public comment
Summary
Design team presented a preferred alignment for a multi-jurisdictional bike trail through Sanpete County, including a segment connecting Spring City to Mount Pleasant; public open houses and an interactive website were announced for community feedback.
Spring City — County planners and the design team for the Sandpeak Trail project gave Spring City officials a route update and public-involvement schedule for a regional, separated bike trail that would link Centerfield, Sterling, Manti, Ephraim, Gunnison, Spring City, Mount Pleasant and Fairview.
Matt (project presenter) told the city council the team has identified a preferred alignment (shown on project materials as a green line) and secondary alternates and will advance a roughly 30% design to test feasibility for funding applications. "The green line represents the preferred alternative," the presenter said during the meeting. "If for some reason that can't work, the blue line is a secondary alternative." The team said the Pigeon Hollow alignment into Spring City is feasible in the 30% work already completed.
The design team described the trail as a separated, paved multiuse path roughly 10'12 feet wide for bicycles and pedestrians, not ATVs or motorized off-road vehicles. Funding sources under consideration include the Utah Trail Network (UDOT) and federal grants; the presenter said the current study grant is $750,000 and that additional project-specific cost estimates will be developed once alignments are confirmed.
The project team announced three public open houses and a digital map for feedback: Ephraim on April 10, Gunnison on April 23 and Mount Pleasant on April 29; each open house is scheduled for 5:30'7:30 p.m. The project website with an interactive map and a place to leave comments is listed in materials as thesandpeaktrail.com and a QR code was provided for residents.
Council and residents asked about equestrian use, e-bikes and maintenance. The presenter said Utah Trail Network policy discussions are ongoing about horses and electric bicycles; at the meeting the team said electric bicycles were likely to be permitted in some classes but high-powered motorbikes would not. The design team said maintenance funding may be eligible under the trail funding programs but details will be determined later.
Council members welcomed the connection that would bring Spring City onto a county spine trail and noted the city's planned summer construction of a separate trail segment that the Sandpeak design will tie into.
