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ty <br />S'-'--. <br />Ph - <br />1^—Wayaa/Cmw/Ung UM Saiior—>vm.. .'Mrcn ZT. :99i <br />Orono looks to build trail <br />Orono city parks recently met with otficials from Hen- <br />neoin Parks to the possibility oi jointly estabiisnin^ a hik­ <br />ing and biking trail between the Luce Line and Baker Park <br />Reserve. <br />Hie (rail would begin where the Luce Line meets Old Crystal <br />Bay Road and would run parallel to the road north to Baker Park <br />Reserve, which makes up part of the northern oorder of the city. <br />The (rail is included in the city’s park plan, and Hennepin <br />Parte has long a link between Baker Park and the Luce <br />Line. ‘It makea good sense from tte p^’s perspective," said <br />Doug ftyant, siyerintendent of Hennepin Parte. <br />Bryant and John Gerhardson, the Orono staff member who <br />works with the city’s parte conunission, described the meeting <br />as preUminary. <br />-“They were very receptive to the idea," said Gerhardson. The <br />dty cumntly has the standard road right of way, 33 feet from the <br />center line, and hasn ’t acquired any other right of way. <br />"Ideally we would have a separate trail rather than a trail con­ <br />nected to the road," said Gerhardson. He said a survey of city <br />residents two years ago identified trails as the second-most- <br />desired amenity in the city, behind open spaces. <br />"We are in die h*g«""«ng stages of this, but it is our intent to <br />build this traU," said Gerhardson.