{"id":184077,"date":"2026-02-19T05:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T05:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/184077\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T05:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T05:13:08","slug":"oakland-to-herrington-manor-pathways-feasibility-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/184077\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland to Herrington Manor Pathways Feasibility Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"336\" data-end=\"619\">Garrett County Government Senior Planner Siera Wigfield presented the proposed Oakland to Herrington Manor Pathways Feasibility Plan at the Garrett County Commissioners\u2019 public meeting on February 17, 2026.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"435\" data-end=\"581\">The plan outlines a recommended alignment for a single-track, natural surface trail connecting the Town of Oakland to Herrington Manor State Park.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"583\" data-end=\"884\">Developed through technical analysis and public outreach, the feasibility plan identifies a preferred corridor based on safety, terrain, and environmental considerations. Adoption of the plan will allow Garrett County to pursue future grants, engineering, and design work as funding becomes available.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"886\" data-end=\"1043\">The plan is currently available for public review <a href=\"https:\/\/garrettcountymd.gov\/Oakland2HMSP\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here <\/a>(<a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgarrettcountymd.gov%2FOakland2HMSP&amp;data=05%7C02%7Csmyers%40garrettcountymd.gov%7Cebbc0c3a8b9d4cbba97208de68c3b92a%7C1d9f25c6a4ef42f5ae303dd3ead4b23b%7C1%7C0%7C639063388658076785%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=QTVPhZa7guPtpeSxkXsqgupXu%2BcXXy%2Fd9chy1R8pges%3D&amp;reserved=0\" originalsrc=\"https:\/\/garrettcountymd.gov\/Oakland2HMSP\" id=\"OWA363d410f-5fa0-d9fb-f05b-3c719ac41bf4\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-linkindex=\"0\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/garrettcountymd.gov\/Oakland2HMSP. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">https:\/\/garrettcountymd.gov\/Oakland2HMSP<\/a>) and in printed form at several locations throughout the community, including:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1045\" data-end=\"1171\">\u2022 Ruth Enlow Library:\u00a06 N 2nd St Ext, Oakland, MD 21550<br \/>\u2022 Oakland Town Hall: 15 S. Third Street Oakland, MD 21550<br \/>\u2022 Herrington Manor State Park Office: 222 Herrington Ln, Oakland, MD 21550<br \/>\u2022 Garrett County Courthouse: 317 E Alder St, Oakland, MD 21550<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1173\" data-end=\"1357\">Garrett County encourages residents, landowners, and community members to review the plan and share feedback by March 2, 2026. Public comments can be submitted by email to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.garrettcountymd.gov\/community-development\/planning-land-management\/news\/2026-02\/mailto: pathways@garrettcountymd.gov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pathways@garrettcountymd.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garrett County Government Senior Planner Siera Wigfield presented the proposed Oakland to Herrington Manor Pathways Feasibility Plan at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":{"0":"post-184077","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-oakland","9":"tag-oakland-headlines","10":"tag-oakland-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}