Members of Cedar Park’s Community Development Corporation Board, also known as the 4B Board, unanimously authorized city staff to move forward with a feasibility study and plans for a trail project at their  Tuesday meeting.

The North Brushy Creek Trail Project would run between the area around Red Horn Brewery to Brushy Creek Road. The idea was developed by the trail subcommittee of the city’s Parks, Arts and Community Enrichment Advisory Board, which approved the feasibility study at its meeting July 10. The budget for the study and plan would be $50,000.

Assistant City Manager Sam Roberts told members of the 4B board more than half of the land along the potential trail is owned by the city and he believes the project has good potential. Roberts said the city has had trouble with trails in the past, as neighborhood residents have raised concern when the trail runs behind the property.

“We’re ready to try again, and this is actually a really good project to try it on, even though there’s going to be some neighborhoods that may not be really happy with it,” Roberts said. “We’ll get that feedback. But there’s large portions of it that are very feasible.”

One consideration during the feasibility study will be whether to make it a multipurpose trail that could be used by bicyclists, pedestrians and mountain bicyclists.

“We need to study that and look at the different types of users,” Roberts said.

Board member Ryan Wood asked staff to consider traffic and congestion when looking into the project, in particular along FM 1431.

The item will be included in the board’s Aug. 8 meeting when members will consider approval of the fiscal year 2017-18 budget.

Board members also accepted the resignation of Kaden Norton, who has served on the board for almost four years.