Mid-April goal to unveil 30 percent of the Touchet Valley Trail design

DAYTON-Adam Schmidtgall, Principal Engineer, and Brian Hansen, Project Engineer for Anderson/Perry & Associates, provided an update about progress on the Touchet Valley Trail design at the February meeting of the Port of Columbia commissioners.

Schmidtgall said the intention is to have 30-percent of the trail design completed by the end of February to submit to the Port commissioners for review.

"We believe a month and a half is enough time for a community meeting in mid-April," he said.

Schmidtgall said the engineers had worked closely with the Touchet Valley Trail Steering Committee, county...