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Littleton residents urge Arapahoe County to preserve 'soft trails' on Mineral Spur project
Summary
Multiple Littleton residents and trail experts urged the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners during public comment to require a dual-surface design and preserve crusher-fines (soft) trails instead of converting the Mineral Spur/Jackass Gulch trail to an all-concrete 16-foot path.
Several Littleton residents and local trail experts told Arapahoe County commissioners during public comment May 13 that a planned paving of the Mineral Spur (Jackass Gulch Railroad Spur) trail would damage recreational open space and asked the county to insist on a dual-surface design (parallel concrete and crusher-fines lanes).
Speakers including Ned Stern, Don Brunz and Mark Flink (reading comments submitted for Steve Lowry) described the spur as a recreational soft trail that links the High Line Canal to the Mary Carter Greenway and said conversion to a 16-foot-wide continuous concrete surface would change the trail’s character and create safety, maintenance and accessibility problems for runners, walkers, cyclists and people using mobility devices.
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