Assembly member Randy Sulte said the intent is to have more residents share the costs of maintaining roads into the park, instead of just a few small neighborhoods shouldering the burden.
Parking is very limited at the Basher Drive trailhead in Anchorage, pictured here on Aug. 3. An initial list of projects to improve access to Chugach State Park includes design work for more parking at the Basher trailhead. to pay for road work, better parking and related amenities to make it easier for people to get into the heavily used, 495,000-acre park.
Assembly member Randy Sulte said the point is to have more residents share the costs of maintaining various roads into the park, instead of just a few small neighborhoods shouldering the burden in their property tax bills. Assembly member Daniel Volland took issue with that process because he said it gives a few private property owners outsized influence to obstruct access to the public park.“For me, it was all about what’s in the public interest, the wider public interest, and all about public access to trails,” Volland said. “And so, I don’t want us to be in the position of asking permission from local homeowners about creating that access.
Anchorage’s Hillside neighborhood, pictured here on Aug. 25, is situated in the foothills of the Chugach Mountains. Several trailheads into Chugach State Park are only accessible through the Hillside.
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