A provisional compromise was reached Thursday between the city of Woodward and a private landowner that will let the city build the crosstown leg of the HTT-RRVT connector-trail along the route preferred for safety.
Details of the agreement were not released because the deal is not yet sealed, but a price acceptable both to the buyer and seller has apparently been settled on. Robert Husmann of 98 N. Cherry Ave., one of the landowners whose property would be crossed by the recreational connector trail, sounded jubilant in a Thursday morning post on Facebook.
“Thank you, Mayor Todd Folkerts and Craig DeHoet, for working with Lisa Vandever Husmann and myself. That will work for us and benefit our great town!” Husmann said.
Craig DeHoet, chair of the Woodward Connector Trail Committee, which is managing the crosstown arrangements, was also pleased at the prospect of a compromise.
“This is a win/win for our community,” De Hoet said. “It is related to completing the High Trestle Trail and Raccoon River Valley Trail connector project. This will keep us from using the city street for bike path and keep bikers and citizens safer. Thank you, Robert Husmann and Lisa Vandever Husmann, for working with us!”
The proposed recreational trail will cross property owned by the Husmanns on N. Cherry Avenue and by Heidi B. Noah at 502 W. Second St.
“If anyone is interested in the trail path, message me with your email,” DeHoet said, “and I can send you a map of the proposed route.”