Gogebic five-year recreation plan lists improvement projects

By RALPH ANSAMI

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BESSEMER — A five-year recreation plan adopted by the Gogebic County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday outlines yearly capital improvements projects.

The plan was approved on a 5-0 vote, with Joe Bonovetz and Jeff Wasley absent.

For this year, the plan calls for improvements to trails and a trailhead upgrade in the Powers Road area of Ironwood Township, at a cost of $7,500, and access road improvements and a kayak launch at McDonald Lake, for $13,500. The projects would be covered with local funding.

For 2019, the major expense would be new res...