NEWS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Steve Stuebner, Board President, Valley County Pathways, 208-484-0295, [email protected]
McCALL, Idaho – (Dec. 14, 2022) – Valley County Pathways has finalized an agreement with Breckon Land Design to conduct design and engineering work along 2.5 miles of Samson Trail Road to provide more detailed information about the corridor for developing a non-motorized trail.
The Breckon Land Design work will include a detailed land survey, wetlands delineation work and trail cross-sectional drawings.
Valley County Pathways, a nonprofit trail-advocacy group, is partnering with Valley County to develop a 2.5-mile, non-motorized natural-surface trail from the Payette Middle School going to Pearson Lane. Valley County Pathways is covering the $35,000 cost of the design-engineering work.
Valley County applied for and received a $190,000 grant from the State of Idaho under the Children Pedestrian Safety Program to build the walking/biking pedestrian trail along Samson Trail. The route would provide a walking/biking/running trail for local residents to enjoy close to home, plus it would create a safer commuting corridor into McCall.
But the state grant cannot be used for design-engineering work, just the construction side of the project.
VCP and Valley County would like to share the results of the design-engineering work with Samson Trail residents and the greater McCall community in the mid-winter time frame. VCP and the county will host a community meeting to share the results, answer questions and discuss with homeowners potential locations for the trail project along Samson Trail Road.
The design standard that VCP and the county would like to achieve is similar to the Bear Basin Connector Trail that runs from the western edge of McCall to Bear Basin Road. The natural surface trail would be 5-7 feet wide with a compacted surface.
The trail would be located in the county right of way along Samson Trail Road, between the edge of the pavement and private property.
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