Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Property owner will not grant construction easement near Neebel Park
The first leg of the new trail was hoped to extend westward from Neebel Park to Vine Avenue in the city's right-of-way along the south side of Third Street Southwest.
The future of a new recreation trail in Hartley is looking bleak.
The Hartley City Council on Monday learned that construction of a new leg of trail extending from Neebel Park would be nearly impossible. Engineer Wes Boyer, of Bolten & Menk, reported the owner of the property that abuts the proposed route will not grant a future construction easement, in turn severely jeopardizing the project's viability.
"That's not really on the table as an option," Boyer said of the easement. "That obviously makes the proposed trail route difficult or impossible."
Members of the Hartley Recreation Trail Com...
