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Draper City staff detail process for planning and building new trails
Summary
City parks staff outlined the steps used to plan, approve and build trails in Draper, from public master planning and GIS mapping to field flagging, drainage work and hand finishing; staff said final trail proposals go to the city council for approval.
Brad Jensen, project manager in Draper City's Parks and Recreation Department, described the department's step-by-step process for planning and constructing new trails in the city. "Any trail that we plan out, we take to the city council for their final approval," Jensen said, placing formal planning and public input at the start of the process.
Jensen said staff begin by deciding the intended user for each trail'bike, hiking or equestrian'because that determines design features: "For example, for hiking trails, we may put steps in. For a bike trail, we wanna do some bank turns and have the trail be…
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