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Mayor keeps Gibbs Loop routing around golf course, cites safety and split public input
Summary
After a third-party public survey and review of safety incidents and golf operations, the mayor said he will keep Gibbs Loop routed around the golf course rather than open a new cut-through trail on the course, citing mixed survey results, enforcement burdens and a reported injury at a convergence point.
The mayor of South Ogden announced the city will keep the Gibbs Loop trail routed around the golf course rather than build a new trail that cuts through the course, saying the decision balances safety, public input and operational concerns.
The mayor told the council the city hired Logan Simpson to design and analyze a short public survey after criticism about the earlier process. He said the survey's results were roughly split and that responses spiked when the survey was promoted on social media. "It came back approximately split," he said, adding that the city sought a neutral third party so the process would not be perceived as biased.
Councilmembers pressed the mayor on the survey's scientific validity. One member said the…
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