What is the status of phase 2, which will link Cass Park to the Farmers Market?
The City received federal transportation enhancement funding for this mile and a half section in 2003 and has been working on trail design and acquiring the needed easements since that time. In late October of 2006 the City received final approval of its Design Approval Document and permission from NYSDOT to make financial offers to landowners for the required sixteen-foot-wide trail easement. These offers were made to all 6 landowners by March 2007. No agreements have been reached to date. Late in 2008, New York State Department of Transportation approached the City of Ithaca offering to take over the land acquisition process for phase 2 of the trail. Common Council will consider this proposal at two upcoming meetings. The Common Council’s City Administration Committee will discuss this proposal on Wednesday, April 29 at 7pm in anticipation of a Common Council discussion and possible vote on Wednesday, May 6 at 7pm. Consider attending the meetings or contacting your Common Council mem
