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Commissioners agree to draft INDOT support letter for Salt Creek trail access
Summary
Brown County commissioners approved drafting a letter to INDOT seeking justification/permission to use INDOT right-of-way to connect the Y trailhead to the Maple Leaf/Music Center area; engineering study funding is in place and initial construction grants are expected to fund work at no immediate county construction cost.
Commissioners authorized drafting and submitting a letter of support to the Indiana Department of Transportation to secure a justification for right-of-way access needed to build a Salt Creek trail connector from the Y trailhead to the Maple Leaf/Music Center area.
Project leads said engineering for the connector is funded (the board cited roughly $85,000 remaining for engineering work), that the route will use the INDOT right-of-way along State Road 46 to avoid additional land acquisitions, and that the initial construction funding would come from external grants so there would be no immediate county construction cost. Maintenance was described as likely to fall to parks once the trail is in place.
Commissioners instructed staff to prepare a boilerplate letter; the motion to proceed — contingent on legal review and with a target to submit by April 6 — passed (three yes votes). Staff agreed to tailor the draft language for board signature or for all three commissioners to sign.
