By Rich Judy
Los Alamos

Why a Bike Park? The estimated cost ($500,000 to $800,000) of the “Bike Park” is an excessive expense. In light of the current political and budgetary environment (“shut-down”, current furloughs, and terminations), Los Alamos should be squirreling money away for an unknown future.

There seems to be this innate proclivity within Los Alamos to spend budgetary resources on little legacy edifices that require; regular maintenance and additional insurance concerns.

Why a Bike Park? According to the article, Los Alamos is already known for mountain biking, which is gloriously surrounded, engulfed, and enhanced by nature. Why the need for 3-5 acres of synthetic; trails, jumps, pavement and/or concrete? There are dozens of mountain trails, a multitude of existing parks, and accessible streets with relatively low speed limits.

“Trail companies”? Is that just anybody with a skip-loader?