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Senate committee backs HB127 to extend OHRV season on 10.5 miles in Pittsburg’s Connecticut Lakes Headwaters
Summary
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to recommend HB127, a bill to keep a 10.5-mile segment of state-owned roads in the Connecticut Lakes Headwaters open to off-highway recreational vehicles (OHRVs) through the second Monday in October, after debate over economic benefits, conservation easement authority and enforcement.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to recommend HB127, which would keep a 10.5-mile segment of state-owned roads in the Connecticut Lakes Headwaters open to OHRVs through the second Monday in October. The committee passed the measure as amended on a voice vote (consent), after members added clarifying language to limit the change to existing trails.
The measure’s prime sponsor told the committee HB127 is “a very simple bill, but it has great economic impact for the North Country,” saying the Pittsburg trail closure for the two final weekends of the OHRV season effectively landlocks the town and depresses local revenues. Supporters and county officials repeatedly described those weekends as a busy holiday period that brings visitors and spending to businesses in Pittsburg and surrounding North Country towns.
Opponents, including…
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