Avon planning board: no new trails planned

By John LaConte

AVON — If there’s one issue that can pack the town hall full of people, it’s trails.Approximately 80 residents and stakeholders turned out to the regular meeting of the Avon Planning and Zoning Commission Tuesday to hear the commission’s recommendation to council regarding a trails plan presented by town staff and the trails steering committee.After hours of commentary from those residents and from Colorado Department of Wildlife biologist Craig Wescoatt, commissioners voted against the staff’s recommendation to double the existing amount of soft trails within the town boundaries. Commissioners Lindsay Hardy, Kenneth Howell Jared Barnes supported the plan, while commissioners …

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