Our Northwest Version of the Gallagator Trail

Since you’ve already procured the necessary easements, this Fowler connection should be our west-side version of the tree-lined Gallagator Trail (for pedestrians not cars) that Northwest neighborhoods could use to walk to destinations on Huffine. This kind of pedestrian/bike connection has potential to get us out of our vehicles, which would cut down on emissions. If your plan is that this connection is a sidewalk along the edge of a connector road (like on Ferguson, Durston, or Babcock)- - well that is NOT a pleasant experience or safe walking/biking route. What we have on our side of town is a sea of houses set up for vehicles and set up to commute. On the other side of town, we have walkable neighborhoods that have walkable destinations connected by continuous trails. Ferguson is not that far away from Fowler. If this project to punch a road through our neighborhoods does happen and does cut us up even further with a car-oriented model, then let’s deter traffic from cutting over to Fowler along streets like Cascade - maybe more stop signs along these neighborhood streets will prevent that cut-over traffic from impacting our neighborhoods. However we’re not yet finished talking about this idea of using the easements you’ve procured to provide a west-side Gallagator trail rather than another connector road. So, let’s keep talking!