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Needles unveils pilot to let off-highway vehicles use five city routes, with strict rules and a two-year review
Summary
City of Needles officials and agency partners on Feb. 9, 2026, outlined a pilot program allowing off-highway vehicles on five designated city routes (9.2 miles), detailing route maps, signage, sticker/registration rules, day-only operation and enforcement roles; a state report due Jan. 1, 2033 will guide any extension to 2034.
City of Needles officials and state and federal partners on Feb. 9 outlined a pilot program that will let properly registered off-highway vehicles (OHVs) use five designated routes inside city limits.
Fred Minagar, principal of Minagar & Associates, said the plan designates five city routes with two staging areas and a 9.2-mile combined loop that connects to Bureau of Land Management trailheads. "We analyzed all those routes within 9.2 miles to make sure ... from a geometry perspective, from civil engineering, from public safety," Minagar said, describing route segments, staging locations at River Road/Park Drive and Clary Drive/Lily Hill, and federal-standard brown signage to mark start and end points.
The legal framework for the pilot is grounded in state action the presenters said began with Assembly Bill 2152; speakers also referenced a related legislative extension (identified in the meeting as AB 1756) that would allow a longer pilot if the state…
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