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Saturday, May 10, 2014

Southwest Lake Bike Path

Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times

RANDOLPH, Utah.  May 7, 2014.  Mitch Poulsen, Bear Lake Regional Commission, discussed bike paths on the southwest side of lake near Rendezvous Beach and the east side of the lake.  The southwest side is getting more traffic and is becoming more dangerous.  Poulsen  has looked at several ways to develop a bike path from Sweetwater Parkway using existing road to Rendezvous. One suggestion was to use the sewer right of way which would go into the vback valleys of the Meadowville area.   Many property owners don’t want a bike path, but others think it will add to property values.  On the East side of the lake there needs to be more parking and if built it could be a combined use as a bike path.  Public entities own most of the property in the area being discussed and might like the accessibility and parking.  
Bill Cox, Commissioner, thought that a proposal to State Lands and UDOT for funding might be successful if beach parking were tied to it because beach accessibility is important to the state.

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