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Powell presenters outline rail-with-trail pathway plan, seek $150,000 for planning
Summary
A local presenter told the City Council the rail-with-trail project has more than 1,000 petition signatures and $40,000 raised toward a roughly $150,000 planning phase; next steps include landowner surveys, engineered drawings and hiring a design firm before construction funding is sought.
The Powell City Council on Monday heard a presentation on a proposed rail-with-trail pathway that advocates said would connect neighborhoods, Northwest College and downtown and support local workforce housing and outdoor recreation-related economic activity.
Rebecca, the project presenter, told the council the pathway idea appears repeatedly in local planning documents dating to the city’s 1997 master plan and was reinforced in subsequent economic and transportation studies. She said a 2021 bicycle and pedestrian facilities survey drew several hundred local responses and that the team has collected more than 1,000 petition signatures supporting a…
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