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Bicyclists Get Compromise on Expansion of Wicomico Athletic Center

Don Rush

Biking advocates were relieved yesterday to learn that while Wicomico County will be expanding the Henry S. Parker Athletic Complex to include more soccer and baseball fields a bike trail will still run through the area.

The expansion plan would wipe out most of the nearly 5-mile network of trails that were first established in 1996.

But there will be an access road leading to a creek with a bridge that would be built to provide access to 80 acres of land where new trails could be carved out.

A deal between the county and the city of Salisbury which owns the property still needs to get approval by their respective legislative councils.

The county wants to add four baseball fields and seven soccer fields in an effort to allow tournament organizers to host all of the games in one venue.

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.