Off roaders are getting no respect

The PE reports that the state and RivCo are giving up on the development of an off road vehicle park. This despite that the the state gave RivCo $6.8 million dollars for the park in the 1980s for the park. The money apparently got used up for other things. Get a load of this information:

Off-roading demand

Inland counties have the highest percentages of off-highway vehicle registrations in the state, but no state recreation areas for those riders to use.

Top five counties by percentage of off-highway vehicle registrations:

Riverside County

San Bernardino County

San Diego County

Fresno County

Orange County

State off-highway vehicle recreation areas:

Hollister Hills (San Benito County)

Oceano Dunes (San Luis Obispo County)

Prairie City (Sacramento County)

Carnegie (San Joaquin and Alameda counties)

Hungry Valley (Los Angeles and Ventura counties)

Ocotillo Wells (Imperial County)

So say you've invested $5000 for a dirtbike your options for riding in a state park are driving to Gorman near the grapevine or the long smelly drive to Imperial county. Nice. So there are 7200 square miles in RivCo, (which is 4,608,000 acres) and the state and RivCo can't find 5ooo acres for dirtbike riders? Rest assured though - those dirtbikers won't be disturbing any kangaroo rats or delhi sand loving flies. Democracy in action.