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Santa Fe parks staff propose lighter, fold-down bollards to keep vehicles off trails
Summary
City parks staff described planned replacement and additions of trail bollards at several locations to deter ATVs and allow safer maintenance access, and updated BPAC on recent trail repairs funded partly with ARPA funds.
Melissa McDonald, director of the City of Santa Fe Parks and Open Space Division, told the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee on Feb. 13 that the city plans to replace several existing heavy bollards and add new, lighter, fold-down bollards at multiple trail access points to reduce unauthorized motor-vehicle use and improve crew access for maintenance.
The proposal focuses on places where vehicles, all-terrain vehicles and utility-terrain vehicles have driven onto the trail, McDonald said. Superintendent Lawrence Cordova described problems with the current concrete or heavy bollards: they are difficult for staff to move, can fall over after being dislodged, and at several locations leave crews unable to drive trailers and…
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