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Washington County supervisors weigh limited role in reopening Creeper Trail after floods
Summary
Supervisors discussed hiring consultants and coordinating with state and federal recovery officials to explore a temporary reopening of the Creeper Trail to support Damascus businesses; no board action was taken and staff and supervisors will continue coordination.
The Washington County Board of Supervisors discussed on Oct. 29 a narrowly scoped plan to help reopen sections of the Creeper Trail after severe flooding washed out multiple trestles and damaged large portions of the trail that support Damascus’s tourism economy. Supervisor Berry, who briefed the board, said the federal government owns the damaged corridor and the county is considering only a limited, collaborative role.
Berry told the board he had circulated a handout, the "Virginia Creeper Trail Assessment," prepared by Tool Design of West Virginia, and described it as "fully loaded" at about $305,000 to assemble engineers, GIS specialists, landscape architects and project management for design and cost estimates for a temporary trail. "It is fully loaded, is…
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