‘It's getting bad': residents worried about Jordan River Trail erosion
Even before the spring runoff hits, significant erosion is already happening along portions of the Jordan River Trail Parkway in Utah County. One a...
Even before the spring runoff hits, significant erosion is already happening along portions of the Jordan River Trail Parkway in Utah County. One area in particular is in Lehi by Thanksgiving Point. It's where resident Abby Hansen has been running for the past 15 years. "The dirt is just falling away from underneath the concrete and pieces of concrete are falling off." "This is a really normal, natural part of hydrologic systems,' said Jordan River Commission executive director Søoren Simonsen. 'You know, you think about the canyons along the Wasatch Mountains and the Oquirrh Mountains that were carved by erosion over, you know, thousands or millions of years.