My neighborhood park

Living next door to Botton Rock Preserve has been very fortunate for our family.  Although the traffic going up and down Longmont Dam Road can be busy and obnoxious at times, we are glad there is such a wonderful place for people to go enjoy the outdoors close to home.  We visit the preserve a few times week on average.  Riding bikes is a family activity we enjoy as well.  Unfortunately with the restrictions in place at Button Rock Preserve we have to drive somewhere to ride bikes or brave hwy 36, which we do not consider a safe option.  Opening up Button Rock to bikes or having a multi use trail connecting Hall Ranch, Button Rock, and the National Forest to the west would open up many opportunities for reacreation and travel options.  It would help spread out bodies, preventing overcrowding in certain areas.  It seems like common sense having connections between regions by trail.  This connection in particular seems like low hanging fruit and seems like it could be completed without much capital as the trails/roads are mostly already there.