 On Wednesday, March 20th, the Wheelwright City Commission held a meeting to discuss the implementation of a new trail system. While it's still in the planning stage, much consideration has been given to where it can be built and the cost for construction. Mountaintop News spoke with Wheelwright City Commissioner Michael Tackett for more details. Okay, the overall plan is we have 60 acres of reclaimed mine property, you know, and it's just sitting there. We have funds in the bank. So, we got to develop something in Wheelwright that Pikeville, Prestonsburg, Hazard doesn't have to draw those people in. With that said, my long shot dream is a trail system, whether it's four wheeler, horses, bikes, whatever, is a trail system. But if I can create a fireground type property back there, where you have campsites, a trail hub, we can have festivals, you know, that type of property. I'm just sick of everything moving out of here and us doing nothing about it. Coal is not coming back to Wheelwright. Inland Steel is not coming back to Wheelwright. We got the prison income. Let's use it for our people. I want to move forward. Wheelwright needs something other than what we used to be. Window tinting, remote starts, leather interiors, sound systems, front and rear bumpers, spray and bed liners, bed covers, wheels and tires, lift kits, step rails, even underglow like kits and so much more. If you can dream it, we can do it at J&M Custom. It's currently applied for a grant to Kickstart the project. Along with fellow Wheelwright City Commissioner Sam Little, he believes a trail system will improve the quality of life in the area. Since I've been in office, I've been pushing this and he pushed it even way back. Him and Shannon Hall, a citizen Wheelwright, has tried four years ago. But he went out and got some numbers, statistics on trail ride communities and recreational ATVs and motorcycles and it goes down. Drug use goes down. And Wheelwright sure felt the head of drug use. We lost a whole generation to it. So if we can save a generation, move forward. Why can't we? Let's move forward together, everybody. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Nick Colum.