Option 4: road closure -trail

As someone who regularly drove Blue River road from blue ridge to bannister throughout my teens and continues to utilize the road to Red bridge many times a week I feel strongly that the road not be restored for cars but be left as a safe space for wild things and a slower paced observer to enjoy. The road has enabled a peaceful inspirational commute throughout my life but experiencing the river and the nature that remains around it by foot bike and boat brings significantly grater value. As Kansas City and surrounding areas continue to rip up the little plots of trees left it makes blue river such a special place to experience a variety of wildlife and old growth trees. If you spend time around blue river road you’ll see how the drivable part is consistently being used a a dumping ground. Leaving some of the river corridor inaccessible to cars minimizes the mileage of road that continually needs clean up efforts. Also, blue river road south of red bridge was in very bad shape(almost not worth commuting on for the past several years until it was repaved along with much of south kc last year. Lastly I acknowledge the consistent wildlife death on the road due to fast moving vehicles. Understanding the value of a need for natural spaces, for our own, as well as planetary health, and the resources that would be used to make the road drivable and maintain the pavement and litter between red bridge and bannister seem to offer an obvious answer to the question of the best use of our resources relating to the the area.