CLAREMONT — The Arrowhead Recreation Group has received approval from the City Council to expand the “runout” of the rec area’s tubing hill to improve safety.
A stand of trees roughly 75 feet wide and 65 feet deep will be removed this fall, creating more room at the end of the run. Tube riders who can’t stop when they hit the large inflatable sleeve will have a safer journey down a slope and into the area cleared of trees.
Arrowhead president Chuck Allen said the slope, which is rocky in sections, will be improved to make it smoother and less dramatic.
Allen told the council a tree removal business will donate its service to take down about 70 live trees and 20 dead ones with diameters from 2 to 16 inches. Even with the trees gone, a buffer of 25 feet between Arrowhead and neighboring properties will remain.