jandras said:
JamR, that's a critical piece of single track. Wouldn't it make more sense to open the trail, and simply move the "no bikes" sign 200 feet further into Laurel canyon to eliminate the short section of overlap - i.e. so that the hiker's don't feel that there has been a trespass?
At any rate, what's the timeline on the bridge? Who's doing it? Can we help with the bridge?
Definitely a critical connection, but the county needs to make sure that things are done the correct way.
From my understanding, there are a couple of issues with the trail that the county is working on.
First of all the bridge. Where the trail currently crosses the creek bed, it falls directly beneath the dripline of a large oak. The concerns of the volunteer and ecologists were that walking or riding directly over the root system of the tree would compact that section of the root system and could damage the tree.
I'm constantly faced with the same dilema. We are not allowed to have a trail....or even allowed to put a picnic table beneath the canopy or drip line of an oak. They are locally protected.
The other issue from my understanding is a sensitive geological feature at the beginning which is an exposed fault line that they want to keep intact.
They are definitely working on this connection and we'll be able to enjoy it once they have all the needed improvements in place.
Hopefully soon, but I don't have any update on the actual timeline.
Hope this helps.