Originally Posted by
dedhed
That's what happens when the rains come before the stabilizing vegetation takes hold. Landscaping/sodding/seeding is usually the last part of a project. If it isn't "finished" yet, then whomever is reponsible for construction managment of the project needs to make sure mud removal, erosion control, and seeding is, at the least, put on the punch list, to be taken care of before final payment to the contractor.
Unfortunately, that won't help with the biggest issue; according to two different city council members, they have no plans to extend the city park end of it to anywhere useful. The concrete ends about ten feet or less past the bridge on the park side, and the vegetation in the foreground of that shot is in a ~4' deep drainage ditch that effectively separates it from the rest of the park.
I am going to try to catch up with one of those council members and sit him down with the MUTCD section on MUP signage, as all the signs are 7-8' above the ground, and one stop sign is incredibly badly placed. (Easy to interpret as a street stop even though it's trail-size, and probably should just be a yield, anyway.)