Press Conference - Salt Lake City Announces Plans for Foothills Trail System

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall announced today the continued pause of new trail construction, and a plan for moving forward on the Foothills Trail System Plan based on the City’s work with valued stakeholder groups to gain a better understanding of the issues related to the first phase of construction, and to collaborate on a vision for the best pathway forward.

"I am pleased to announce today that the City will continue its pause of new trail construction until June 1, 2022 at the earliest, in order to put the environment first and work with environmental consultants, continue our collaborative work with valued stakeholders, incorporate the feedback of those groups and our residents into guidance documents, and integrate consultant recommendations to refine the plan’s construction procedures," Mayor Mendenhall said. "As a City, I believe that today, with the conversations we have started and a pathway forward that is more collaborative and communicative, we are in the best possible position to ensure that these trails, new trail work, and natural resource protection, is representative of the voices of our community."

[michaelbyrne]

The guy in the background has a dog off leash. Can we please start enforcing these laws? At this rate we might as well just get rid of all leash laws since nobody follows them and nobody enforces them.