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Commissioners back Frontier Pathways' FLAP preliminary application for scenic overlook near State Highway 96
Summary
The board agreed to support Frontier Pathways' preliminary Federal Lands Access Program application and to act as the government co-applicant or fiscal agent if the project advances; the byway board asked the county for letters of support to pursue a roughly $100,000 initial project to build an overlook, parking and interpretive signage.
Bob Fulton, a long-serving board member of the Frontier Pathways Scenic and Historic Byway, asked the Custer County Board of Commissioners for county support Aug. 19 so the byway can pursue a preliminary Federal Lands Access Program (FLAP) grant for a scenic overlook and parking area east of town on Highway 96.
Fulton said the byway bought the property in 2011 and described prior projects the organization has funded locally. He told commissioners the FLAP program would allow scenic overlooks and that Colorado's regional FLAP allocation is about $16 million; Fulton estimated the local approach off Highway 96 and related improvements would cost a little over $100,000 for the first phase. "I'm not here looking for money," Fulton said, adding that the byway seeks letters of support and a government co‑applicant/fiscal agent to submit the preliminary application.
Commissioners discussed the request and agreed to provide a letter of support and move the project forward; the board moved, seconded and voted in favor of supporting Frontier Pathways in the FLAP preliminary step. Staff noted additional approvals and formal fiscal‑agent arrangements would be required if the project advances beyond the preliminary application.
