Board Says No To Proposal To Allow ATVs & UTVs On Heritage Trail

The Dubuque County Conservation Board on Thursday voted unanimously to deny a proposal by a county supervisor to allow ATVs and UTVs on most of Heritage Trail one Sunday per month through the end of the year. Supervisor Wayne Kenniker applied to the board for a special event permit to allow the vehicles on Heritage Trail from Durango to Dyersville for four hours a day on four Sundays starting in September. Kenniker previously pitched a similar idea on his website to take public input. A great majority of the online responses Kenniker received opposed the idea. At the conservation board’s meeting Thursday, more than 20 people attended and several spoke in opposition to the proposal. Kenniker said his goal was to expand access to Heritage Trail for people who have mobility limitations.