Steve Chandra (presented as Steve Shaw in his remarks) told the council he regularly uses the informal trail on the south side of the guardrail of North 20 Seventh Street and called it "primitive" and in need of official recognition and improvement.
"It's my hope that when North 20 Seventh Street celebrates its 100th birthday in 2027, we can at least have a definitive plan on how to create a separated path that will allow our citizens, students from MSU Billings, people from the hospitals, medical court, or visitors to downtown, our whole community, enjoy a trip up and down from downtown to the Rims," Chandra said.
He described riding alongside motor traffic where shoulders narrow and said he would like the path included in the city's heritage trail system and in upcoming CIP planning. Staff did not take immediate action on the request during the work session but noted the CIP and trail mapping remain topics for future meetings and directed the resident's suggestion into planning materials.