By Jim Walsh | Ahwatukee Foothills News
It will take years to fully execute the South Mountain Park and Preserve Trails Master Plan, with noticeable improvements on the busiest trails likely to arrive sooner and improvements in the largely undeveloped western section anticipated much later.
Details in the plan emerged at the last of three public hearings Dec. 7, as Ahwatukee residents and others interested in the park scrutinized maps at the Pecos Community Center and Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department employees answered their questions and took suggestions.
Officials said the trail plan is about 90 percent finished and is tentatively scheduled to go before the Phoenix Parks and Recreation Board for consideration in February. The plan is intended to serve as a guide for some of the most sweeping improvements the park has seen in decades.
