🚀 go-pugleaf

>	Los Altos, CA -- The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
>	has been awarded a $340,000 Transportation Enhancement
>	Activities grant from the California Transportation Commission.
>	The grant will be used for the District's Sierra Azul Staging
>	Area Project.
>
>	This project includes acquisition of 132 acres and development
>	of a trailhead staging area adjacent to the planned Highway
>	17/Lexington Interchange Project near Los Gatos. It will
>	complement and enhance the Route 17 project, and will increase
>	access to recreational opportunities in the Lexington area
>	served by the planned interchange. In addition to development
>	of a trailhead staging area, the project includes construction
>	of associated pedestrian and bicycle trails. The new trails
>	will also contribute to the Bay Area Ridge Trail, giving the
>	project a truly regional quality.
>
>	"This project is important in that it provides public access to
>	a large area of open space land that, to date, has been
>	inaccessible," said Pete Siemens, who represents the area on
>	the District's Board of Directors. "With the State grant and
>	about $450,000 of our own funds, we can now move forward in
>	acquiring and preserving the property, and providing for
>	low-intensity recreational access to this area."
 
What's good about opening up more wildlife habitat to human domination?
Construction of trails is only slightly less damaging than building
roads. Humans must be the most selfish species in the universe.