Feasibility study highlights ways to extend Ellsworth Ped/Bike Trail
ELLSWORTH The effort to connect the Ellsworth Pedestrian/Bike Trail to the Downeast Sunrise Trail continues to inch forward with findings of a feasibility study, presented at a Dec. 10 virtual public hearing. Representatives from the South Portland office of VHB, a planning, transportation, land development, energy and environmental services firm, outlined their findings, along with Maine Department of Transportation representatives and Ellsworth Public Works Director Lisa Sekulich.
The connector trail would begin at the intersection of Birch Avenue and Spring Street, where the Ellsworth trail now ends, continue down Spring Street and cross Main Street to eventually connect with the Sunrise Trail at the intersection of Beals Avenue and High Street. Like the existing Ellsworth Ped/Bike Path, the new stretch of trail would be closed to ATVs and other motorized recreational vehicles.