The Sisters Ranger District is scrapping its proposal to build a paved path from Sisters to Black Butte Ranch.

In withdrawing her tentative decision on the plan, District Ranger Kristie Miller cited a lack of a community compromise on building the trail, according to a Tuesday news release from the Deschutes National Forest.

The plan called for a $1.8 million, 7.6-mile paved path connecting Sisters to Tollgate and Black Butte Ranch. The path, running parallel to U.S. Highway 20, would have catered to walkers, runners and cyclists. Funding would likely have come from federal grants.

Miller believed there was a great deal of support for a trail among community members. However, there did not seem to be a way to compromise with people who objected to the trail, based on resolution meetings held the past few weeks, the release said.

In rescinding her tentative decision, Miller suggested that a broader, community-led process could develop a proposal for a variety of trails that might meet the needs of the community, the release said.

“If the community brings forward a well-supported, community trail proposal we could consider that proposal through future environmental analysis,” Miller said.

Complaints about the plan ranged from its passing too close to homes in the Tollgate subdivision to creating problems for wildlife to the planning taking too long.

Planners at the Sisters Ranger District were going to come up with a new proposal or options for the potential path, John Allen, Deschutes National Forest supervisor, said in early October.

The Deschutes National Forest in July shelved plans for a similar $1 million, 1.1-mile paved path planned to link Sisters to the Crossroads subdivision.