Bountiful/West Bountiful Journal | July 2022

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July 2022 | Vol. 02 Iss. 07

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BIG CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS COMING TO BOUNTIFUL TRAILS SYSTEM Byline

By Tom Haraldsen | tom.h@davisjournal.com

BOUNTIFUL–For the past eight years, a group of interested and motivated residents have volunteered countless hours as members of the Bountiful Trails Advisory Committee. They’ve created an extensive Trails Development Implementation Plan to serve as a guideline for development of new trails and improvement of existing ones in the community. Those efforts are starting to bear fruit, boosted by $2 million from a voter-approved General Obligation Bond in 2020, and the recent receipt of a $500,000 matching grant from the Utah Office of Outdoor Recreation. City Parks Director Brock Hill, along with assistant city engineer Todd Christensen and city planner Francisco Astorga, gave the Bountiful City Council an update on pending and planned trail projects. Some of them are set for completion before or near year’s end. “Our outline as we’ve presented it here is a living, breathing, working document,” Hill said. “There will most likely be changes as we progress, but this is a timeline we’re working towards.” He said that some projects may move up the list (for timetables for completion) and others move down, as lots of components come into play when developing these trails. Weather, material costs and availability, and manpower (including volunteer labor) are all factors that can fluctuate. Hill said the overall trail system for the community has been Continued page 4 View from Elephant Down in Mueller Park Canyon, one of the many trails serving Bountiful. Photo courtesy of Bountiful Trails Advisory Committee

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