Date: March 4, 2009
Contact: Patty O'Donnell or Michael Duwe, 231-326-5134
The Northwest Michigan Council of Governments announces the availability of the Leelanau Scenic Heritage Route Trailway Plan and Environmental Assessment beginning on March 5, 2009. This document, which has been revised from the October 2008 draft, describes and analyzes alternative locations for a non-motorized Trailway along state highways M-22 and M-109 in Leelanau County. The proposed Trailway would begin at the corner of Norconk and Manning Roads on the Leelanau-Benzie County line and end at County Road 651 at the north end of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The Trailway would be entirely on public lands in the National Lakeshore or on county road or state highway rights-of-way.
The Northwest Michigan Council of Governments encourages you to comment on the Trailway Plan and Environmental Assessment until the comment period closes on April 4, 2009. The document may be reviewed on the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments website at www.nwm.org/lshr.asp and the National Lakeshore’s website: Click Here. Paper copies are available for review at the National Lakeshore Visitor Center in Empire; the offices of Empire, Glen Arbor, Cleveland, and Centerville Townships; the Village of Empire Office, the Glen Lake Community Library (Empire), the Leland Township Library, and the Leelanau County Planning and Community Development Department on East Government Drive off of M-204.
Comments may be submitted to the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments by email to Patty O’Donnell (at the email address identified on their website) or by mail (Patty O’Donnell, Northwest Michigan Council of Governments, P.O. Box 506, Traverse City MI 49685-0506). Comments may also be sent to the National Lakeshore (Superintendent, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, 9922 Front Street, Empire, MI 49630) or electronically through a link on the National Lakeshore’s website.
For more information, please contact the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments at 231-929-5039 or the National Lakeshore headquarters at 231-326-5134.
