The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

DAYTON—At the Port of Columbia Commissioners meeting last week, the Touchet Valley Trail Steering Committee presented a draft trail concept plan, along with a recommendation to allow its use by Anderson/Perry & Associates, as they continue to study the feasibility of the trail and work on the preliminary design.

Eighteen stakeholders on the steering committee signed the letter of recommendation and 12 people on the committee spoke about how organizations they represent support the project, according to the Port’s Executive Director, Jennie Dickinson.

She said the Port commissioners vote...