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• Abramson speaks in Winchester on Trails
The Distinguished Speakers Brown Bag Lunch Series continued yesterday at the Leeds Center for the Arts with a presentation by Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson.
Abramson spoke about Bluegrass Rails to Trails and the initiatives taken to make the Louisville metro area more bike friendly. He also shared suggestions for creating similar initiatives in Clark County.
“He has been an absolute leader in the topic … (of) rails, pedways and trails,” Winchester Mayor Ed Burtner said to a crowd of almost 200.
Abramson has served as mayor of Louisville for 20 years and has been leading that city’s biking initiative since 2005, which began in with the first annual Mayor’s Hike and Bike.
“The real win is in the quality of life, because time and time again, when you talk about a strong, positive message, when you talk about keeping families together and watching for opportunities for families to enjoy activities, when you talk about economic development … we understand the importance of recreation,” Abramson said. “I think that plays a major role in the success of a community.”
Abramson spoke about how Winchester can become more recreation-friendly with limited resources, and what community members can do to partner together to accomplish recreation goals.
“You’ve got to have people with passion,” Abramson said. “People have got to believe in taking it to the next level.”
After a trip to Colorado in 2005 and seeing firsthand efforts taken there to encourage biking, Abramson said he decided to make it a priority in his city.
“I saw what was happening in terms ...
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• Railbanking by the KY Rails To Trails Council
Railbanking (as defined by the National Trails System Act, 16 USC 1247(d)) is a voluntary agreement between a railroad company and a trail agency to use an out-of-service rail corridor as a trail until some railroad might need the corridor again for rail service. Because a railbanked corridor is not considered abandoned, it can be sold, leased or donated to a trail manager without reverting to adjacent landowners.
Railbanking is done through the Surface Transportation Board in Washington DC for 6 month segments. If done by a governmental agency it is a zero expense; the cost to KRTC as a nonprofit is $350 per six month period.
Railbanking: If you believe that a corridor is suitable for trail use you, or an appropriate local, regional or state agency or organization, can file the following “boiler-plate” letter (found at http://www.railstotrails.org/resources/documents/resource_docs/RTC_FactSheet_Railbanking.pdf) with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) and the abandoning r...
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• Residents split on rail spur use - New Era Newspaper
Article by Alan Reed, New Era Staff Writer
Published: Friday, November 14, 2008 12:48 PM CST
By a show of hands, about 50 participants at a public hearing on the conversion of the Fort Campbell Rail Spur to a public walking trail appeared to be evenly split for or against the plan Thursday night.
Rails-to-Trails Advisory Committee vice-chair Carter Hendricks presided over the hearing in the absence of Police Chief Guy Howie. Hendricks said that the committee would make no recommendation during or after the hearing and was in “information gathering mode,” hoping for feedback from the community.......
(complete text of article can be found at
http://www.kentuckynewera.com/articles/2008/11/14/news/free/doc491dc5c1b8ebb725711302.txt
ALAN REED can be reached at 270-887-3240 or areed@kentuckynewera.com.
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Posted by Dixie Moore, Secretary KRTC
Proposed Lexington – Big Sandy Project News
The Rail Trail from Lexington to Ashland
• Cycling Cue Sheet 2007 Lexington to Ashland
underline = dirt/gravel, require mt bike
At... Go far
0... Start, Pleasant Ridge Park, left on Pleasant Ridge Dr. Fayette Co. 0.4
first leg Lexington to Winchester 14.6 mi
0.4... Left on Autumn Ridge Dr. 0.5
0.9... Left (east) on Todds Rd, 1927 5.7
6.6... At Pine Grove (store) , slight left than right on Colby Rd, 1927, Clark Co. 6.4
13... Cross bypass (US 1958) and continue on Colby Rd (Belmont Ave.) 1.3
14.3... left on US 627, Boone St. at Y 0.1
14.4... Left on Maple St. (still 627) at stoplight at X with Boone 0.1
14.5... Right on Cleveland Ave. for one block 0.1
14.6... Right on Wall St.
Stop at Winchester City Hall
14.6... L on Court St
14.6... L on Main St. , passes Winchester Depot, now Spar Feedstore, has brick paved st on R before US 15 0.5
15.1... Right on US 15 (Winn Ave.) 0.8
15.9... R at Y continue on US15 (Iron Works Pike) 3
18.9... L on Miller Hunt Rd - CAREFUL 8 drainage cuts across road with gravel 2.7
21.6... Hard L on Stoner-Ephesus Rd, do not take US 15 2.6
24.2... R on L& E Junction Rd 1.4
25.6... L on Hedges Station , just before bridge 1.2
26.8... R on Ecton Pike (becomes Prewitt Pike) 2
28.8...
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