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Plans to build more roads on public lands will help disabled Americans, Mike Lee says. Disabled hikers disagree.

Lee introduced the Outdoor Americans with Disabilities Act in the U.S. Senate last week.

(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) Former U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, far left, looks out over a vista as she tours the Gemini Bridges area in 2016. The Bureau of Land Management in October announced the closure of some off-road trails in the Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges Travel Management Area, and Utah Sen. Mike Lee has introduced legislation that would have Interior update such plans to keep routes open and improve accessibility for disabled users.

(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) Former U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, far left, looks out over a vista as she tours the Gemini Bridges area in 2016. The Bureau of Land Management in October announced the closure of some off-road trails in the Labyrinth Rims/Gemini Bridges Travel Management Area, and Utah Sen. Mike Lee has introduced legislation that would have Interior update such plans to keep routes open and improve accessibility for disabled users.