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Carbondale commission to weigh in on BLM’s Red Hill e‑bike scoping, urges case‑by‑case approach
Summary
After hearing several weeks of local testimony, the Carbondale Bike & Pedestrian Commission agreed to draft comments to the BLM asking that e‑bike access at Red Hill be evaluated parcel‑by‑parcel rather than allowed by blanket rule, and that heavily used front‑side trails near town be excluded from expanded access.
The Carbondale Bike & Pedestrian Commission heard testimony from Red Hill stakeholders and agreed to draft a town comment in the BLM’s current scoping period urging that any changes to e‑bike access be decided on a case‑by‑case basis rather than through an automatic, system‑wide reclassification.
Chris Brandt, president of the Red Hill Council, told the commission the council has discussed the issue for months and recommended against opening the heavily used front‑side trails near town because of congested, narrow trail conditions and the risk of increased user conflict. "The front side conditions are not conducive to merging in another layer of potential conflict," Brandt said, adding the council is considering limited…
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