LAKEPORT — The WOW Trail could soon have an extension around nearby Lake Opechee, after city councilors elected to hold a public hearing about a bond for the construction of such a path during their meeting on May 27

City staff, in partnership with local organizations, have been involved with the development of the WOW Trail for years. Now, a proposed extension of the existing trail — which runs from the Belmont town line to the Elm Street-Union Avenue intersection in Lakeport — would ring Lake Opechee, creating a pedestrian and bicycle route around the lake.

Opechee Loop Section A would involve widening a pedestrian walkway on the west side of Elm, from Doris Ray Court to Franklin Street. Together with the Lakeport promenade, a privately-funded project, this project would extend the WOW

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