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Committee recommends ITL on ATV/Off‑Highway vehicle expansion after hours of testimony
Summary
After extended public testimony from towns, clubs, conservation groups and state agencies, the Resources Committee recommended ‘inexpedient to legislate’ on HB 683, a bill that would expand the process allowing municipalities to open state road segments for off‑highway recreational vehicle use in five additional counties.
The House Resources, Recreation and Development Committee recommended “inexpedient to legislate” (ITL) on HB 683, a proposal to expand the process that allows municipalities to open limited state-road segments for off-highway recreational vehicle (OHRV) access in five additional counties.
The committee’s recommendation followed a long hearing that drew riders, club representatives, conservation organizations, local officials and state agencies to testify both for and against the bill.
Representative Mike Ouellette, a prime co-sponsor, told the committee the bill “is a process” measure designed to extend a transparent permitting path used in the North Country (Grafton and Coös counties) to other counties so towns can apply for limited state-road connectors. “It’s very transparent so that everybody involved… all the abutters… all know what’s going on,” he said.
Steve Wilkie, who…
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