If the proposed $10 million Trails for a Healthy Maine Bond effort is successful, there's going to be a heckuva lot more hiking, walking and other shared-use trails around Maine. And that's a very worthwhile thing!

The Healthy Maine Trails Coalition is behind LR 1529: An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Trails for a Healthy Maine." The measure would help to speed up the actual construction of many trails projects throughout the state.

We can never have enough trails of any kind, for recreation and good health, for tourism and transportation. All too often there's not enough money to add miles to our precious trails system, so passage of this bond would be a huge boost. Imagine more trails like the Eastern Trail, the Portland Trails network, Kennebec River Rail Trail and many others.

The trails bond has plenty of support to date, mine included, but more is needed to make this effort a reality. This is how it gets done. Please add your voice to the mix.