At a recent public meeting the Town of Fountain Hills solicited comments from neighbors on the east side of the town lake regarding a proposed hiking trail near the existing Overlook trail.

Neighbors came out in force to vehemently oppose the trail despite the fact that it was 70 feet or more away from their property and well below grade from their homes.

The Town of Fountain Hills quickly decided that this was not a good idea and the idea was nixed in the next couple of days.

Now the town has been presented with a much more dangerous proposal to double the density of Adero Canyon resulting in a doubling of automobile traffic on Eagle Ridge Drive.

In this case the cars and trucks will be much closer to the homes than the proposed trail and of course will be awfully more intrusive than a few hikers.

I recognize that the Adero Canyon property owner has a right to ask for this rezoning. But in order to be consistent with the trail decision, shouldn’t the town turn down the Adero Canyon developer also?