Town looks to add recreational path

A proposed walking path from Veterans Island to Sandy Beach at Saratoga Lake got a boost when the Saratoga Town Council passed a resolution, at Recreation Director Lisa Burton’s request, to approve submission of a $2,500 grant to help cover the total estimated cost of $8,160 dollars.

The remaining $5,560 would come out of the town’s budget and the town would provide labor and equipment.

Burton applied for the grant last year, but it was not funded. The grant is administered by the Wyoming Community grant program in care of Wyoming Community Gas.

“It is an attempt to increase outdoor recreation opportunities for residents and tourists,” Burton said. “It could be used for walking and biking in the summer, and in the winter people could ski on it.”

If approved the path will be constructed in three phases. The eight-foot wide path would be elevated and compacted and then a weatherproof surface like gravel or rotamill would be applied. Signage and benches would be installed in the third phase.

“If the grant money is received, we have a year to use it,” Burton said. “It could be completed by the end of the summer depending on the funding and the town’s workforce priority.”

The mile-long addition to the path would leave Cemetery Road and then meander along the east shore of the lake to Sandy Beach.

 

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