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Residents press Littleton to stop planned concrete paving of Mineral Spur Trail; city warns changes could jeopardize funding
Summary
Residents and trail users urged Littleton officials to halt plans to replace the unpaved Mineral Spur Trail with a 16-foot concrete path, proposing a dual-surface alternative. City staff and the city manager said altering the plan now could risk state and partner funding and delay the project.
Residents and trail users asked the Littleton City Council on April 1 to halt plans to pave the Mineral Spur Trail and to adopt a dual-surface design that would keep a soft-surface path for pedestrians while adding a separate hard surface for cyclists and other users.
“Please don't keep saying it's too late to stop the paving project,” said Mark Flank, who described walking the corridor and finding a proposed 16-foot-wide concrete swath “absurd” in the open-space setting. Ned Stern told council the current plan would “destroy 0.7 miles of the railroad spur trail” and cited a city staff estimate that concrete work for the project would cost $750,000 with an additional $200,000 to widen an adjacent concrete…
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