Beach Access And Parking

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times 

GARDEN CITY, Utah. February 13. Council Member, Darrin Pugmire, reported that engineering for 150 South and 75 North road needs to be completed.  Currently, 150 South has a 44 foot width down the entire road.  That is not wide enough for two way traffic and people backing out of parking along the sides.  He noted that 75 North needs the information from the Army Corps of Engineers in order to make that access available.  The current plan appears to be unable to handle emergency vehicles.  If both streets could be completed, there would be a circle that would allow ingress down one street and egress out the other.  This would really help and would make much more beach available to the public.  Parking could be provided on both roads, perhaps parallel instead of angle, which would make ingress and egress much better and safer. 

Busses and/or trolleys or other types of vehicles could perhaps be used to move people from parking areas in town to the beach and back.  A transportation tax could be used to pay for such items and again make the beach much more available than it currently is.  This is definitely something to work toward.  Mayor Sphuler recommended that Pugmire talk with Debbie Eames about public access vs. city roads. 

Darrin also noted that the City has spent a great deal of money on Hodges Canyon in building the trail head there.  The County should probably fix the road, but according to what was said at Planning and Zoning, that road may be blocked by some of the land owners.  Again, access to the trails needs to be protected as much as possible.