County Closes Trail for 11 Months, Offers No Reason | The Locally Times
A Feb. 20 public notice announces an 11-month closure of Maricopa Trail Segment 12, from Oct. 2025 to Sept. 2026, without providing a reason for the shutdown.
A segment of the Maricopa Trail is scheduled for an 11-month closure, according to a notice from Maricopa County Parks and Recreation. The official announcement, posted on February 20, 2026, states that Maricopa Trail Segment 12 will be temporarily closed from October 8, 2025, through September 2026. The closure affects a key portion of the county's integrated trail system, but the public record provides limited information about the project. ## Closure Notice Lacks Key Details The official notice from Maricopa County Parks and Recreation does not specify the reason for the 11-month closure. The document, identified by the trail segment name and closure dates, contains no other information. No supporting documents were attached to the public notice. Publicly available records do not detail the specific activities planned, the criteria used to determine the 11-month duration, the projected costs, or whether the county will provide alternative routes or detours for trail users. ## Contrasting Notice for Separate Project In a separate announcement posted one day earlier, on February 19, 2026, the Parks and Recreation department detailed a five-day project at Spur Cross to treat invasive species from February 23 to February 27. Unlike the notice for the Maricopa Trail closure, this announcement specifies the work being performed. The available public records do not establish any link between the short-term project at Spur Cross and the 11-month closure of Maricopa Trail Segment 12. The documents do not indicate if the Segment 12 closure is for a similar purpose or for an entirely different, unspecified reason.