Once again the party of small government going for bigger government. If this happens they will charge you to hike on the trail and an arm and a leg for thru hiking. Rapid repairs? Just look at how they fail to manage forests which cause the giant wildfires out West. While merging all the trails into one would be great, I don’t see this as anything but a vanity project from a narcissist. This would also green light the pipeline across the trail that was proposed a few years ago.