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Show Pleasant Grove Holds Trails And Bike Path Meeting For Residents by Mary Burgin Pleasant Grove City recently provided an interactive interac-tive meeting for those residents interested in participating in giving input to the city for the proposed trails and bike path system. The meeting, held in the Community Center, was well attended with more than 80 residents at the meeting. Community Development Director Ken Young explained that a steering committee comprised com-prised of city council members, as well as city employees, busi ness owners, and interested residents have been meeting for several months to bring ideas to the table. Young said the Lochner Company has taken the information infor-mation to help form a clear direction di-rection for the project. The Lochner Company has said that the purpose of the PG bicycle and pedestrian master plan is to help the city create . connections to key areas in the city which would include parks, schools, etc. The trails meeting provided an opportunity for residents to sit down at tables with large maps of the proposed master bike and pedestrian plan that they could write on. Residents then came together to-gether and were asked several questions. They each had a pin pad that allowed them to register reg-ister their personal level of importance im-portance with several proposed projects. Young said this gave the Lochner representatives the ability to give instant results to those present. The survey results as well as the proposed trails map are also available on the city website. "We saw good support to move forward with bike and pedestrian trails," Young said. He added that this includes bike lanes, sidewalks, and walking paths. Young said that many of the residents were excited that the Murdoch Canal trail will soon be opening as a multi-use trail. Currently, he said that the opening of the trail is possibly going to be in May. City Councilman Kim Robinson attended the meeting meet-ing and said she was happy to see such support for the plan. "I was interested in the interactive survey taken by the Lochner Co," she said. One of the results re-sults was that citizens are very concerned with sidewalks. She said that they would like to see existing sidewalks improved as well as areas without sidewalks have them put in. Robinson said the large amount of interest was also expressed concerning mountain moun-tain biking for all ages. At the meeting, Brian Fruit, a member mem-ber of the board, as well as the owner of Timpanogos Cycle, noted that Pleasant Grove High School has the largest and most active mountain bike club in the area. There are 28 members. Robinson said this shows an active interest in cycling cy-cling for all ages in the community. com-munity. Robinson also said she liked the fact that UDOT, MAG, local officials, as well residents, have continued to be involved with the process. She said this adds to the ability of the steering committee to make adjustments to the proposed trails that would be beneficial to everyone. |
