Mad River Path grant attempt fails; project shifts from advisory to implementation committee, Fayston liaison reports

Commissioner Michael Duell reported during liaison reports that the Mad River Path project did not receive a grant but did receive substantive advice on how to improve a future application. Michael said the advisory committee is being dissolved and the effort will move to an implementation committee organized into six groups: municipal, government agencies, landowners, funding, outreach, and engineering & design. He noted that a recent bike ride showed significant vehicle and heavy equipment traffic on Route 100, underscoring the need to consider interactions between bicyclists, pedestrians and trucks along the corridor.

The minutes record no details on the grant source or dollar amounts; Michael said the project “did not get the grant but received good advice on how to improve the application next year.” He also stated the advisory committee will be shut down and replaced with the implementation committee; the minutes note the next Mad River Path meeting date as Dec. 3 (as recorded in the liaison report), and do not specify whether that date was before or after the Planning Commission meeting.