Moratorium placed on Lincoln-Omaha Trail connection

"Faced with growing opposition on three fronts, the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District has voluntarily suspended all work on a key link that would help finish a recreational trail between Lincoln and Omaha. The self-imposed moratorium would take effect with the understanding that State Sen. Dave Pankonin of Louisville would kill LB134, a bill that would limit the eminent domain powers of the state’s 23 natural resources districts."
http://journalstar.com/articles/2009/05/20/news/local/doc4a14ba3a8ce11622099922.txt

LB134 sounds like blackmail to me. "If you don't stop this trail, we will take away your power!"

Although I want to see this trail completed sometime in my lifetime, I'm not sure that taking away good farmland is the best option. It is too bad that the NRD can't find a compromise that is acceptable to all parties. What might work is improving or widening the shoulders on Nebr. Hwy 1 north of Elmwood and creating new shoulders on 310th Street north of Murdock along with new signage. However, the NRD can't do this. It would have to come from the State Dept. of Transportation or through the Unicameral. Is anyone willing to do this?