If they understand that it caters to a small percentage of riders, and arent pointing out a lot of concerns, is anyone stopping anyone from grabbing a shovel and buffing the hell outta the thing?
Concerns are there (liability, quality of work, etc), and unauthorized work is likely to be decommissioned especially on high consequence lines. Basically, building without permission of the land manager (in this case, DNV) means your work could be removed at any time. Building on Air Supply will only piss off the DNV at this point in time.
If there isn't a lot of objection on that idea we should get a group going and fix it upp ourselves. I got a shovel, I got time.
The objection from the riding community is that we have a strong voice right now and a lot of good work is being done through TAP more than ever before. It has been a long road to get to this point and it would be a shame to damage the good relationship we currently have with the land managers.
If you are interested in building trail on the Shore, the first step is familiarizing yourself with the situation. Consider attending the NSMBA's Builders Academy this fall to learn good trail building practices and immerse yourself in the culture of building.