BY BRUCE WARREN
Los Alamos

I see the County has come up with another whacko project. The Canyon Rim Trail is one of the few outstanding projects the County has accomplished over the past years. It is a beautiful paved trail through woods giving spectacular views of the Sangre de Christo Mountains and Los Alamos Canyon. It is heavily used and affords access to nature for parents with kids in strollers, kids on bicycles and folks in wheelchairs or with walkers.

Now plans are in the works to cram a huge parking lot for RVs between the trail and the highway, so instead of a walk through the woods, you get a walk along a fenced-in parking lot. And is this really the first thing we want visitors to see when they are driving into Los Alamos: A huge parking lot full of hulking RVs? The area between the highway and the canyon rim incorporating the trail should be rezoned Open Space and protected from development. This issue will be discussed at the November 10 County Council meeting and you can check out this misguided project at: https://losalamos.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=16122629&GUID=BFB4C014-8E65-4CE9-B22E-140C6AF673F9