The coalition working on drafting a footbridge and trail planning document for the Rio Grande corridor in Truth or Consequences today released a fact sheet to inform the community:
The text of the sheet reads:
In late 2019 the City of Truth or Consequences was awarded a planning grant from the National Park Service Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program for the purpose of developing a 3 mile trail route on the east side of the Rio Grande from Rotary Park south to Williamsburg, and a complementary multi-use trail system on adjacent federal lands.
When completed, this Trail Network would:
Let you hike, bike, run on a riverside trail from TorC to Williamsburg
Provide public lands access on the east side of the Rio Grande
Become part of the Rio Grande Trail – a 500 mile cross-state recreational trail
Improve the paddling and tubing river access from Elephant Butte Dam to Williamsburg
Teach about the pre-historical and historical settlements along the Rio Grande valley
Increase river conservation efforts through education and habitat improvement projects
Improve quality of life for residents by supporting healthy, active lifestyles
Boost our adventure tourism opportunities
A project planning team has formed and it serves as a community voice for the project, assuring we explore all good opportunities and understand and address community concerns. The planning team’s primary task is to develop a “trail concept plan” in 12 months which will be hopefully
adopted by various local governments and land management agencies.
Our planning principles include:
Respecting private property interests along the
proposed trail corridor
Listening to and addressing community concerns
Keeping the community informed
Working with all federal and state land management
planning processes to assure our project goals align
with various resource or administrative policies of those
agencies.
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