City says no more workouts on Sand Dune
The dune at Sand Dune Park. Photo by Andrea Ruse Neither residents nor fitness buffs will be allowed to work out on the dune at Sand Dune Park if and when the city decides to reopen the slope. City Council members unanimously agreed at Tuesday night’s council meeting that reopening the controversial dune as a workout facility is off the table. “We here in the city of Manhattan Beach are saying that we refuse to let Los Angeles utilize this small piece of land here in our city as their workout facility,” Mayor Mitch Ward said to a packed audience. “It is overrunning us and we don’t have the monies to do that.” Council directed staff to develop landscaping alternatives that would discourage cardiovascular workouts but still allow community access to the dune. Among alternatives discussed were the restriction of the dune to children and the installation of switchbacks and greenery that would create zigzagging trails. “I don’t want to narrow it down to three, four, five people,” Ward said in reference to staff recommendations to limit the number of exercisers on the dune at a time. “I want to see two or three people walking up at a time enjoying a beautiful nature preserve.” The dune…
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