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The city council of Liberty, Missouri has approved construction of a mountain bike trail in the city’s Stocksdale Park and the neighboring Walnut Woods Conservation Area. The trails are being built with volunteer labor by the nonprofit Earth Riders Trails Association, and will be about three miles in length initially, with another 3+ miles planned for the near future.

The Stocksdale and Walnut Woods Trail blog contains current information on the project (including directions), and the Kansas City Star has an article discussing the trail (Mountain bike trail proposed for Walnut Woods Conservation Area, Stocksdale Park:

Under an agreement with Missouri Conservation, which owns Walnut Woods, the trail would cover two miles in the conservation area and about a mile in Stocksdale Park. Construction of the all-natural, 18-inch-wide trail could be completed soon after City Council votes on the plan, Liberty Parks Director Chris Deal said.

“To me, it’s a very clear opportunity for a group of volunteers to add an amenity to a park with little affect on the neighborhood or cost to us,” Councilman Greg Duncan said.

The trail group anticipates that the trail can be completed and open to the public very quickly — sometime during the month of April 2008, with additional mileage within 2 to 3 years.

See also: Volunteers blaze mountain bike trail through Walnut Woods area from the Liberty Tribune.

From The Hutchinson News:

The condition of a 15-year-old Hutchinson bicyclist seriously injured when he was hit by a car Thursday afternoon was upgraded Friday.

Police had not completed an accident report by late Friday, so the names of those involved were not available.

Officials at Via Christi Regional Medical Center, Wichita, where the teenager was airlifted after the 5:15 p.m. accident, listed him in good condition.

The cyclist was eastbound in the westbound lane of Fifth Avenue near Ford Street when he collided head-on with a 2002 Saturn. The car’s driver told police the sun obstructed her view, said Hutchinson Police Sgt. Eric Buller.

The car’s windshield was shattered, and the teen received head and leg injuries, Buller said. No citations have been filed.

If the report is correct, it sounds like he was riding on the wrong side of the road (against traffic rather than with traffic).

Hope he’s OK.