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Hikers, Bikers To See More Changes On Red Hill

Elizabeth Stewart-Severy
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Aspen Public Radio

Last week, Garfield County commissioners agreed to spend more than $400,000 to revamp the base of the Red Hill recreation area in Carbondale.

 

The funds will be used to reroute County Road 107, which officials think will improve safety at the start of the popular trail system.  

The town of Carbondale purchased property there last year and has been working to add trails and reduce congestion.

Three new trails have recently been completed, but plans to build a new parking lot and realign the road still need approval from the Colorado Department of Transportation.

The new design is meant to keep hikers and bikers off of the county road.  

Officials say construction could start as soon as this fall.

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Aspen native Elizabeth Stewart-Severy is excited to be making a return to both the Red Brick, where she attended kindergarten, and the field of journalism. She has spent her entire life playing in the mountains and rivers around Aspen, and is thrilled to be reporting about all things environmental in this special place. She attended the University of Colorado with a Boettcher Scholarship, and graduated as the top student from the School of Journalism in 2006. Her lifelong love of hockey lead to a stint working for the Colorado Avalanche, and she still plays in local leagues and coaches the Aspen Junior Hockey U-19 girls.
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