Just weeks after approving a resolution in support of a plan to turn an abandoned railway into a trail, the Crawford County Commission voted Tuesday to rescind that decision.
“I think we got ahead of ourselves,” said Commissioner Tom Moody, “and until some of these questions are answered, then we need to revisit (the Watco Trail plan.)“
At its Jan. 22 meeting, the commission had approved an initial resolution which would allow the nonprofit group Live Well Crawford County to apply for grants for a project to turn a section of railway stretching from Pittsburg to Cherokee, owned by Watco Companies but which has long sat unused, into a walking and bicycling path. On Feb. 19, Commissioners Bruce Blair and Tom Moody voted to reverse that decision. Commissioner Jeremy Johnson did not attend the meeting.
(Read more: Pittsburg, KS – Morning Sun)