Meeting was well attended. Talk focused a bit too much on biking and not enough on the positive impacts for pedestrians. Fred from PG County parks did a nice walk through of the feasibility study which was funded by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Katie Harris from WABA and the Capital Trails Coalition spoke about how the trail would connected PG County to the regional trail network in DC. Garrett from WABA was there building a contact list to keep building on the momentum to build the trail after the feasibility study is completed. Daniel Paschall from East Coast Greenway was there to speak briefly on how this trail would close a gap in the East Coast Greenway.
The goal is to complete the feasibility study June 30th. After the feasibility study, funding for a 30% design would be needed. A 30% design involves actual surveying of the route and planning around geographical and vertical features. A 30% design is a critical and required step in obtaining funding to build the trail.
Sarah Bee was nice enough to give me a ride where we cursed as we sat in traffic on New York Avenue and were beaten down the block by a pedestrian.
Some pictures from the event are here:
https://twitter.com/LumberjackCycle/status/983882365104803841
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