East Mountain Trails & Bikeways Master Plan - Bernalillo County

12. NM 217 (South Valley
Mountain Road)
State Road 217 segment could provide access to
the east side of many of the East Mountain Open
Space areas, including the Cedro Peak area of
the National Forest, Sedillo Ridge Open Space
(BC) and Juan Tomas Open Space (COA). Along
State Road 217 from US 333 to the intersection
with Plant Road, six foot paved shoulders are
proposed. A soft surface multi-use trail is
proposed on the east side of the highway from
Plant Road to Juan Tomas Road. Four-foot
shoulders are proposed for Gonzales Road.
Shared Rural Road facilities are shown for
Barton Road, Brannan Road, Upper Juan Tomas
Road, Young Road, Lower Juan Tomas Road,
McGuinness Road, and Plant Road. Proposed
soft surface multi-use trail corridors are shown
connecting Brannan Road and Upper Juan
Tomas Road to the Sedillo Ridge Open Space,
State Road 217 and the SLO 217 Property to
Edgewood Trails Park, and the Juan Tomas
Open Space and McGuinness Road to Juan
Tomas Road. A series of soft surface multi-use
trail corridors are also proposed in the National
Forest to provide connections among various
open space areas. A trailhead is shown at the
Sedillo Ridge Open Space and a Staging Area is
proposed for the SLO 217 Property.
13. Juan Tomas Road
Juan Tomas Road, like Gutierrez Canyon Road,
is an historic road that has evolved from earlier
paths. It too is the spine for an existing trails
network that should be preserved. The Master
Plan shows the entire segment as a shared Rural
Road facility. The Plan also provides for Upper
and Lower Juan Tomas Roads, as well as Forest
Road 252 and Young Road to be shared Rural
Roads. A series of proposed soft-surface multiuse
trail corridors are shown, which connect the
Sedillo Ridge Open Space, Juan Tomas Open
Space and the Sabino Canyon Open Space
through National Forest lands. Staging Areas are
shown on State Land Office Land at the
intersection with 217, at the junction of Bear Scat
2 Track Trail and Sabino Canyon Open Space.
14. South NM 337 (Pine Flat/Oak
Flat)
South 337 from Juan Tomas Road down to Apple
Valley Road is characterized by many relatively
recent subdivisions, some of which are inholdings
in the National Forest. Along the
highway, six-foot wide shoulders are proposed
and a soft surface multi-use trail is proposed on
the west side of the road from Raven Road/Oak
Flat Road intersection to Apple Valley Road.
Four-foot shoulders are proposed for Oak Flat
Road, with a soft surface trail proposed for the
north side of the road from 337 to the first
entrance into the Oak Flat Picnic Ground. Shared
Rural Road facilities are proposed for several
roads in the Cedro subdivision, Raven Road, and
Armin Road-Kuhn Road link. Soft surface multiuse
trail corridors that would also serve as
emergency vehicle access are shown in the
Cedro subdivision and from Kuhn Road to
Skyland Road in two places. Soft surface multiuse
trail corridors are also proposed across the
SLO Apple Valley property. A major staging area
currently exists at Mars Court. The Master Plan
proposes development of the Juan Tomas
Trailhead and the Carolino Canyon Picnic Area
parking lot into a Staging Area. Along with SLO
parcel Neighborhood Access Points, Trailheads
are shown at the Apple Valley.
15. Yrisarri-Escabosa
The Yrisarri- Escabosa area is at the southern
end of the Plan Area and includes segments of
South NM 337 and South NM 217. The Master
Plan calls for six-foot wide shoulders along the
highways, and a soft-surface multi-use trail along
both sides of NM 337, from Raven Road to Plant
Road, and on the west side of 337 from the
intersection of 217 to Chilili. A four-foot shoulder
is proposed for Anaya Road. Shared Rural Road
facilities are proposed for a number of roads,
including Apple Valley Road, San Isidro Road,
Abbey Road, Bear Cat Road and Plant Road.
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