25. What should happen next with the extension, and how would you help accomplish that as mayor? (50 words or less)
Begich: I've already worked with the citizens group to cut the Modified Orange Route costs by nearly $20 million and significantly reduce impacts to property owners. I'll continue working with homeowners and trail advocates to ensure that trail extension costs and homeowner impacts are lowered.
Citti: I do not favor the extension. Kill it.
DeNardo: Did not respond
Dunsmore: The coastal trail expansion is not one of my priorities but I would support the citizens group which is advocating for this.
Higgins: Along with connecting the other city trails, taking the trail to Girdwood would be a plan that I would like to develop with the help of state and private funding.
Layne: Did not respond
Lemke: It would be nice if the coastal trail extension could be built by the community and turned into something special.
Mystrom: ï Complete the loop on the existing trail system - it needs 2 miles to make a 28 mile loop within Anchorage
- Extend the trail to Eagle River to the existing system
- Complete the South Anchorage yellow route to connect neighbors to neighbors and neighborhoods to existing trail systems.
Wuerch: The coastal trail is a state project that deserves to be built with the State's AMATS share. Anchorage has averaged $6 million a year on trails for the past five years. If the city is required to fund the coastal trail it would consume our entire trail budget for up to six years.
Zeigler: Further research should be done.