Placer County Board of Supervisors this week approved two agreements to help advance the planned Resort Triangle Trail Network.

The now halfway complete Resort Triangle will consist of a continuous 62-miles of trails running from downtown Truckee to Northstar, then to Kings Beach. From there the trail will continue to Tahoe City before returning to Truckee along the Highway 89 corridor.

Lumos & Associates of Carson City will perform engineering and environmental consulting services for the Truckee River Recreational Access Plan in the amount of $249,915.

The plan proposes a multi-use paved trail segment north of Squaw Valley Road all the way to Truckee. It would connect with the existing trail, which runs south of Squaw Valley Road to Tahoe City, connecting all of the Truckee River corridor between Truckee and Tahoe City.

The plan would also identify the restoration and access improvement areas to restore watersheds and wetlands, identify staging areas and trailheads, support connectivity of three campgrounds and protect the property rights of private landowners.

The Truckee River Recreational Access Plan is expected to be finalized next summer.

Additionally, the board approved a $618,661 construction and design agreement with the Northstar Community Services District to build segments of the Martis Valley Trail, a 10-foot-wide paved multi-use recreation trail approximately nine miles long connecting the Northstar Village to Truckee.

The money comes from hotel taxes generated in North Lake Tahoe.