Benefit from bluff error

It’s certainly unfortunate that a series of misunderstandings resulted in the creation of an unauthorized road. But let’s figure out how to benefit from this rather than mistakenly demanding an impossible restoration. The affected area is a beautiful bit of nature, which could be appreciated by many people who are not capable of running or even hiking the trails. There is little enough access to this sort of wooded areas for people in wheelchairs, with strollers and the like.

Maybe we could make this stretch an accessible trail that everyone could use. Since it’s mostly on park property and might even be close enough to the golf course that parking would be available there, let’s make use of this incident instead of wasting time, energy, and money trying to put it back the way it was. It’s still a beautiful area and a gentle, hard-surfaced trail could benefit the entire community.

Suzanne Harris

Spokane