From Deseret News archives:
Park City residents pass $15 million trail-system bond
That $15 million bond is a big start to making Park City completely interconnected through trails, linking neighborhoods, shopping districts and even mountain trails.
"I'm utterly elated" said Carolyn Frankenburg, who lives in the Park Meadows neighborhood and began pushing for a walkable city two years ago.
"It was really just grass roots, neighbors getting together and talking about how unsafe it is for us to be out on our own streets. We're in this idyllic place, where we have miles and miles of mountain trails, but you can't get from one neighborhood to the other without crossing some harrowing streets," she added.
Frankenburg said the issue is particularly pressing for school kids, many who have to cross major streets and busy intersections to walk to school. Park City High, McPolin Elementary and Treasure Mountain Middle School all sit on Kearns Boulevard, one of the major arteries into the city. Frankenburg's kids were walking to McPolin when she started looking into making walking routes safer.
The city approved $1.9 million for upgrades last year in the council's budget but activists wanted more.
"Rather than a Band-Aid to fix a sidewalk, we pressed the city for a bigger picture," Frankenburg said.
In August, the Park City Council gave the thumbs up to the $15 million bond. Tuesday's vote tally came down to 1,018 for the bond and 833 against.
Critics said traffic safety is not a problem and that the bond would only benefit Park City proper.
However, Parkites have historically been in favor of recreational improvements. Residents have approved three major open space bonds in the past six years, totalling $40 million, and a 2001 bond for the ice arena at Quinn's Junction.
Those trails will not only be a benefit to locals, but tourists, who could easily walk to Park City's tourist spots once a system is in place, advocates say.
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