Governor Sides With Toll Road Politicians and Developers
January 27th, 2008
Revised! New location: California Coastal Commission hearing at Wyland Hall at the Del Mar Fairgrounds February 6th, 2008 at 9:00 am. This is open to the public!
Governor Schwarzenegger has opted to side with the Orange County Transportation Corridor Agency for the construction of the Foothill-South 241 toll road through the backcountry of San Onofre State Park and Beach, site of Trestles world-famous surf break. Issuing a letter in favor of the project, the Governor calls the toll road “essential,” even though few if anyone will be using this toll road. Even the California Coastal Commission‘s own staff determined this to be a bad deal for the environmental health of Southern California, not to mention setting a dangerous precedent about the disposability of state parks.
“It’s difficult to imagine a more environmentally damaging location.” – California Coastal Commission
The watershed of San Mateo Creek, which runs through the backcountry of San Onofre State Park and Beach, is one of the last intact watersheds in all of Southern California, and is responsible for the unique surf break at Trestles. Do we really need a freeway going through here?
SAVE TRESTLES! Join us Wednesday, February 6th at 9:00 am at Wyland Hall at the Del Mar Fairgrounds for the California Coastal Commission’s official hearing on the application to construct the Foothill-South toll road through San Onofre State Park by the Orange County Transportation Corridor Agency. WE NEED YOUR HELP!
If you’d like to read the Governor’s letter to the chairman of the California Coastal Commission, click HERE.
For additional information and to hear Surfrider’s Stefanie Sekich speaking about the need to save Trestles on the November 25th edition of Treehuggers International, go to the Treehuggers International page at the FM 94/9 website by clicking HERE. A new all-Trestles edition of Treehuggers International, featuring Stefanie Sekich, surfer and biologist Pat Zabrocki, and concerned area citizens and surfers, will air on FM 94/9 Sunday morning February 3rd at 5:30 am, and will be on-line for streaming shortly thereafter on FM 94/9‘s webpage.
Eventually I’ll be getting my FM 94/9 Treehuggers International shows backed up here as MP3 files, so keep checking back, and in the meantime you can hear all the San Diego shows HERE. SAVE TRESTLES!
(map courtesy of the Orange County Register)
