OPINION — I was born and raised in St. George and would be excited to climb the Sugarloaf and view our growing and overflowing community again.
I can’t do that anymore. I miss the sprinkler-pipe and truck-frame bridge that used to allow access to the view but love the young Scout for wanting to protect our citizens by replacing it.
It was my grandfather and his young budding Eagle Scouts who built the original bridge.
Here’s the problem I can see our city is creating — by certainly some oversight: no guard/hand-railing at the steps.
Time and weather have caused those steps to smooth, but it’s the fabric that protects the behinds of the adventurous that receives the most damage as they slide back down those steps on their backsides.
Even the children are leaving the area with a permanent red stain on their clothes to remind them of their trip. I would love to traverse the rock steps once more and marvel with others over the view, but my age and un-oiled, creaking joints won’t allow it without assistance.
Which is the point of this letter. Falling is in the future — a child, teen or adult — and the resulting lawsuit would certainly cost the city a whole lot more than a shiny new handrail, preferably one that won’t burn tiny fingers or my wrinkled old hand when heated by the sun.
Submitted by Karen Sue Nicks, St George.
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