Why not improve and open the trail section by section?
There are many (more than 20) sections of the trail that need major safety improvements. These improvements include installing a deck and railings on 2 bridges over streams, installing safety rail above steep slopes and on other bridges over state highways, making safety improvements at at-grade crossings of the trail and several heavily travelled roads, restricting public access to dangerous areas of the Normans Kill, etc. We are concerned that opening one section would encourage people to use unimproved sections, before we could complete these improvements and others needed for their safety. Also, it will be quicker and less expensive to build the whole trail, and then open it all at once. Breaking the contract into sections makes things more complicated. For example, it will be less expensive and easier to schedule one paving crew to pave the entire length of the trail, rather than scheduling several crews over the course of a summer. It will be less expensive to purchase all the ne
