Letters to the Editor

Building a trail

Editor, the Journal,

Years ago, the residents in Mason County asked the Park Board to build a trail between Shelton and Belfair. Our first problem is getting people off the side of state Route 3 between the Oakland Bay Marina and Bayshore. It would be hard and expensive to build a trail east of the railroad tracks, or next to Route 3.

Then, after the state repaved Route 3 and put a 10-year moratorium on any work over it, we removed the people’s request from the County Comprehensive Plan because without crossing Route 3, it’s not possible to build.

Now, with the 10 years almost...