Reopening Of the Echo Canyon Recreation Area
Yesterday (Saturday, 1/25/2014), I visited for the first time this great park at Camelback Mountain in Phoenix since it recently reopened after a several months long construction project to enlarge the parking lot.
The park was busy like a theme park. The main trail was crowded.
Two Park Rangers With Two SUVs Were Present
I do not know what the city of Phoenix paid for the project, but the city did not use current technology like a sensors at the parking lot and a digital display at the entrance of the park to automatically indicate whether the parking lot is full or not.
Instead two park rangers spend hours at the access area to post a white plastic reading “Lot Full” and field questions. The other park ranger would constantly circle up and down between park entrance and parking lot in his SUV. Too bad, I forgot to take a picture. Is this cheaper or is this a waste!
Before the project there were usually no park rangers present.
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