Some neighbors are asking officials to pump the brakes on a proposed bike and pedestrian trail that would connect the small town of Clarksburg to the city of West Sacramento, saying the impacts to the surrounding land and community are not worth it.
The Clarksburg Branch Line Trail Extension project aims to improve the existing dirt trail and create a multi-use trail that will better serve bicycle, pedestrian, and equestrian users with parallel paved and unpaved paths and increase connectivity between West Sacramento and Clarksburg, according to the project website.
It also has the support of the California Delta Protection Commission, which partnered with City of West Sacramento, Yolo County, and the Yolo Transportation District to secure a $1.9 million Carbon Reduction Program grant to extend this segment of the Great California Delta Trail through Yolo County.
Anna Swenson, a member of the Delta Protection Commission Advisory Committee, is against the trail project…