If I want to ride I throw my mountain bike in the back of the truck and go ride the dirt roads around the state land near me.
We have winding country roads that are shaded and cool, with scenery. Hills, valleys, ridges, rivers....the area is a bike rider’s destination. The lousy 15 mile straight-a-way along a highway on one side and corn/bean fields on the other is a bad joke, especially for $1M. The money ends up in the hands of the contractors, with a few bucks thrown at the farmers, who are all unwilling sellers. It will be a great place for predators to lurk. They may threaten a tax raise for *maintenance*, in the future.
It is just nuts.