The town's Bike Path Committee has been working for eight years to bring Wareham's Community Pathway to fruition.

A "feasibility study," which laid out potential routes for the multi-use path, was completed by engineers in 2011.

Since then, the committee has been meeting with various stakeholders and town boards about the project, and the nonprofit Friends of the Community Pathway has been raising funds for the construction of the project.

In April, at the request of the Bike Path Committee, the Selectmen voted to allow the Municipal Maintenance Department to paint lines for a bike lane through Onset Village.

But Bike Path Committee Chair Michael Langford told the Selectmen on Tuesday that, despite the committee's efforts, there's been "no forward movement" on the project.

Now, the committee is wondering how to proceed.

With the recent repaving of Onset Avenue complete, the committee is wondering why the bike lane hasn't been established.

Town Administrator Derek Sullivan attributed that in part to a lack of manpower in the Municipal Maintenance Department.

"I've been speaking with [Muncipal Maintenance Director Mark] Gifford on it. People want deadlines, and one of the things I preach is not to give one just to give one," said Sullivan.

As for the project as a whole, Selectman Alan Slavin noted that the Bike Path Committee still needs to let the Selectmen know the proposed route.

"You have to get back to us on exactly where the bike paths are going to be," said Slavin.

Weston & Sampson, which completed the feasibility study, recommended that the pathway begin at Blackmore Pond Road in West Wareham along an abandoned rail-bed corridor, then head north to Fearing Hill Road, connect to Main Street or Merchants Way, continue on Sandwich Road and Minot Avenue, and head to Onset Avenue through Onset Village to Cranberry Highway and into Bourne.

But Langford said Tuesday that the committee may not be able to use land it previously thought that it could due to the land's proximity to the railroad, and the fact some of it is under private ownership.

"What we looked at was trying to stay away from any private land takings and so forth," he said.

Wareham's pathway could connect to a proposed pathway in Marion, as well as to the existing Cape Cod Canal pathway in Bourne.

For more information on the bike path, visit www.warehambikepath.com.