Items to consider with the implementation of pedestrian, bicycle, equestrian, motorized trails planning should include:

• Multiple use trails should be 10 feet to 12 feet wide, hard surface, regardless of the location.
• Evaluate where and on what streets to implement a bicycle path, bicycle commuter path and or pedestrian path.
• Evaluate installation of barriers or white lines to separate motorized traffic from bicycle traffic.
• Evaluate the installation of bicycle paths on both sides of the street. 48” to 60” Paths
• Consider what kind of trail is needed, where trails are to go, what the conflicts will be, how to mitigate the conflicts, what trails will be utilized the most and provide the most beneficial use.
• Consider separation between street and pedestrian sidewalk for better safety.
• Evaluate the impact of using the canal right of ways easements for multiple use paths, how will it impact private property, secure items on private property, prevent livestock harassment, prevent trespass, cattle guards.
• Designate exclusive area for walking, bicycle paths as no parking areas. They create hazardous areas of conflicts.
• Identify areas and locations to establish equestrian paths and connections to usable areas within the community.

6.2.1.1.1 Small Urban and Non-Urban Connectivity/Access and Preservation

One focus of this plan has been connectivity. Connectivity locations are based upon current use and projected future use which is assumed to increase unless conditions direct otherwise. Development of land in Duchesne County will have some effect on destinations and origins for connectivity within the county. In general, the connections to public lands from Duchesne and Roosevelt are challenging due to the surrounding private and tribal lands.

As an example, in Duchesne, the Fred Hayes State Park at Starvation is within walking and biking distance of the city. Unfortunately, there are no formal trails to connect users to the state park. Those that do access the state park without a car use Highway 311, or they trespass on private or tribal ground to reach the park. The shoulders of Highway 311 can facilitate most foot traffic especially since the 2019 bridge replacement over the Strawberry River. Many members of the public as well as city and county leaders and the state park manager have expressed interest in providing trails to connect users to the park. It would be beneficial to the community to create both walking and OHV trails to connect users between the park and Duchesne City.

Walking trails ideally would follow the existing roadway to the park, but the existing roadway travels through tribal ground at its beginning. Another option would be to create a pathway along the Strawberry River all the way to the state park from Duchesne. Again, this option crosses several sections of Tribal and private lands and securing a trail easement will be a large challenge. A third option skirts the tribal property and follows County Rd 195 from Main Street in Duchesne to the Starvation Lake Rd. This option reduces the amount of private and tribal lands crossed since it stays mainly within existing county ROW’s. Depending on the results of conversations with private property owners and the Tribe, any one of these options or any combination of these options may be considered as a connecting corridor to the state park for pedestrians and cyclists.