| Someone say,"dogs on leash?" |
"When San Mateo County Parks officials unveil their newest recreational gem with the opening of Devil’s Slide Trail on Thursday, they will do so knowing that it will cost nearly half a million dollars a year to keep it pristine and safe.
Much of the trail’s operating costs result from salaries and benefits for two additional park rangers for the Midcoast, totaling $95,000 each. But there are numerous expenses for equipment that will keep the trail free of large rocks and maintenance required to keep the stretch of road paved and even.
Annual crack sealing, patching and paving of the
trail, for example, is estimated to cost $80,000. That is the cost
expected for clearing large rocks and cleaning inside the curbs. Keeping
the toilets working comes with an annual price tag of $42,500, which
accounts for regular toilet pumping and bathroom necessities. Removal of
the nonnative pampas grass and possible monthly weed eradication will
cost $40,000." Read article.
Submitted by Jim Wagner
Note: photograph by Michael Short, #7 of 30 from the San Francisco Chronicle, 3/26/14 article, "Devil's Slide, once hellish, opens Thursday as heavenly trail."
Posted by Kathy Meeh
3 comments:
Which means they won't maintain it if it slides into the ocean.
The hippies noobees and nimby's win again and get a trail.
They won on:
The quarry
Mori's Point
Highway 1
Pacifica being led into financial abysis.
This was a big waste of taxpayer $. Did Leeland Yee have a hand in it?
Although it's a county park, dogs are permitted on a 6 foot leash. Aww, that's going to be nice. Another trail covered with dog crap.
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