To keep a trail or vacate a right-of-way?

Neighbors in one Roseville neighborhood disagree about what path to take

To keep a trail or vacate a right-of-way?
The informal pathway through the Aldine Street Right-of-Way. | Photo by Naomi Krueger ©The Roseville Reader

An informal, wooded trail in a Roseville neighborhood is at the center of a debate at City Hall this week.

City staff are recommending to city council to vacate a right-of-way (ROW) and return the land back to the property owners. They city will keep ROW access for the stormwater sewer and sanitary sewer beneath this 50-foot-wide stretch, but the city has no plans to put a road there.

The segment of land goes between Roselawn Ave on the south end to where Aldine St. intersects with Ryan St at the north end. The trail is nestled between private properties on Mid Oaks Lane to the East, and private properties bordering Roselawn and Ryan to the west.