Logan • A trail that follows winding Canyon Road — offering cliffside views and connecting to routes leading into Logan Canyon — has been fenced off by private landowners for more than two years.

Now, the city is preparing to take the matter to court.

After 18 months of unsuccessful negotiations, the Logan City Council on Tuesday voted to allocate $150,000 from its risk management reserves to cover anticipated legal costs in a dispute that has frustrated trail users and left a once-popular path blocked .

“The connection in our trail system there at 600 East and 400 North is just a really critical one for our whole system,” said Logan Mayor Holly Daines, “and it’s in an area that’s been open to the public for years and years.”

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A trail that follows

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