Nova Scotia is launching a pilot project, effective October 1, in six communities to enhance trail connections for off-highway vehicles.
The six communities tagged for the three-year project include New Germany and Weymouth.
Barry Barnet, executive director of the All Terrain Vehicle Association of Nova Scotia tells Acadia News it will go a long way to support their work of building an interconnected trail network.
“We’re very pleased. We’ve been working with government on this for about eight years. This isn’t the end, this is just the beginning and we believe this is a great opportunity for us to be able to meet some of the obstacles we’ve faced over the years including being able to connect trails and access fuel and lodging.”
He says the Sissiboo River Trail in Weymouth is a good example.
“The trail comes to the man road on one end and has to cross a roadway and a bridge to get to the other side. This now will enable riders to go from one side of the Sissiboo Trail to the other, in a legal way.”
Barnet says they want to be able to prove that the concept will work.
Only registered, licensed and insured off-highway vehicles can operate on the shoulder, or the roadway, in the pilot areas as long as the operator has a valid driver’s licence.
