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Zipline contract near completion; officials to review trail safety at Bootleg Canyon
Summary
Parks Director Julie Galloway said the city is finishing contract negotiations with a new zipline operator for Bootleg Canyon and that operator responsibilities will include participant transportation; commissioners asked staff to check reports that bicycles at a rail crossing caused an emergency train stop.
The contract with a new zipline operator for Bootleg Canyon is in its final stages, and the operator will be responsible for transporting participants up the mountain, Boulder City Parks and Recreation Director Julie Galloway told the commission March 24. No opening date has been set.
Galloway said the current negotiations focus on establishing solid operating terms so the zipline can reopen safely. "There is no opening date as of yet, but, hopefully in the near future, we'll have a signed contract ready to go," she said.
Commissioners also raised safety concerns about the River Mountain Loop Trail, which runs through Bootleg Canyon. Galloway said portions of the federally funded trail that lie within Boulder City are maintained by the city's public works department and that the trail traverses three jurisdictions — Boulder City, the City of Henderson and the National Park Service — so events and permits must be coordinated among those partners.
A commissioner reported being told that a train made an emergency stop at a grade crossing in Boulder City because of bicycles crossing the railway; the commissioner asked whether the city could do outreach or other mitigation. Galloway said she had not been previously made aware of that incident and that she would check with public works and consider additional signage or outreach. "I'll get with the public works department to see if they, are aware of incidents and see if we can't get additional sign in signage out there so that we don't have any, issues," she said.
The director said she would follow up with public works to confirm any incidents and options for improved signage or coordination with neighboring jurisdictions.
