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Trails committee focuses on parking, culverts and adding canal‑reuse language to County General Plan
Summary
Members discussed parking and culvert repairs, an 8‑day visit by single‑track builders, insurance challenges for climbing festivals, and proposed adding language to the County General Plan to consider converting abandoned ditches and canals into trails.
The Emery County trails committee spent the bulk of its meeting on trail maintenance and planning, including parking and culvert repairs, outreach for festival and climbing activities, and a proposal to add language to the County General Plan encouraging staff to consider converting abandoned ditches and canals to trails.
On trail operations, Speaker 6 reported frequent parking problems and occasional tows on a steep dirt road near climbing areas and proposed new signage and a relocated parking spot to keep climbers out of the travel lane. "There's been like 4 cars, 2 had to be towed out," Speaker 6 said, and added that the group will coordinate with road crews and "put in that new parking spot with Canyon."…
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