Bonneville Shoreline Trail
"Z" Trail to Mile High Drive Section and Land Acquisition

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Salt Lake County from Parley’s Canyon to Hidden Valley Park in Sandy City.

Narrative:

The Bonneville Shoreline Trail (BST) provides a non-motorized path along the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains on a route that lies generally on or near the shoreline of ancient Lake Bonneville.

Virtually all of the BST currently constructed and in use in Salt Lake County is in Salt Lake City, Sandy, and Draper and there are approximately 22 miles of BST planned, but not yet constructed between Parley’s Canyon and Hidden Valley Park in Sandy City.  Recently the Parks and Recreation Division completed an excellent and detailed Bonneville Shoreline Trail Alignment Plan for Salt Lake County.  With this Plan and the assistance of ZAP funding, the process of building the 22-miles of the BST along the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains in eastern Salt Lake County can be move closer to completion.

Of the 22-miles, a 1-mile section running from approximately 4600 South 4000 East to 4850 South 3400 East is planned to be built in 2008.  This section of trail will run from the old mining road, known as the “Z” Trail due to its shape, southwest to Mile High Drive.  A small trailhead is proposed at the end of this road and it will be one of three new trailheads, along the 22-miles of BST.  Currently there are eleven recognized trailheads along the same 22-miles of the BST.

Budget:

• TOTAL FUNDED AMOUNT: $350,000
  The major cost of developing the Bonneville Shoreline Trail in Salt Lake County will be associated with the acquisition of property or rights-of-way easements across private property.  Past experience with development on the BST elsewhere, indicates that property acquisition will be the most expensive and time-consuming aspect of trail development.  There are 65 parcels of private property between Parley's Canyon and Hidden Valley Park in Sandy.  Some of these parcels, or easements across them, may be donated; others may involve easements or rights-of-way that are obtained through County development permitting.  However, many will require outright acquisition, or rights of-way acquisition, on a willing-buyer, willing-seller basis.
• ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST: $90,000
  Design and construction costs for the trail will be relatively small in relation to acquisition costs.  The U.S. Forest Service will construct those portions of the trail on the National Forest.  In the past, the Forest Service has also provided major assistance in constructing trail on acquired lands adjacent to the Forest.

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Contractor:

TBD