TRESTLES is SAVED!!! HOORAY!!
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Eddie spoke of this at the LA concert 7/10/06:
http://www.surfrider.org/savetrestles/
Thursday, December 18, 2008
News Flash: Trestles Prevails with the Federal Government
Great Ready for an Early Holiday Present!
The Department of Commerce announced today that it would uphold the California Coastal Commission's decision! The egregious project to build a toll road through San Onofre State Beach is officially illegal under state and Federal law! In a release issued from the Department of Commerce, they "determined that there is at least one reasonable alternative to the project and that the project is not necessary in the interest of national security.
While the decision is a fatal blow to the project, the fight to build the toll road is not over. We still need opponents of the toll road to continue writing letters and communicating with their local elected officials to let them know we are happy with the results and we stand behind the Department of Commerce's decision. In the coming days, we will have specific action items, but in the meantime, take some time to CELEBRATE this wonderful victory! Of course, Surfrider and our Coalition members will be planning a great celebration party, so stay tuned for that.
This victory would not have been possible if it was not for the activists who showed up by the thousands at the California Coastal Commission and Secretary of Commerce hearings or wrote letters to voice their opposition to the toll road.
Without a doubt, this victory belongs to the all dedicated individuals who have followed this campaign for several years. The ruling proves decision-makers listen when thousands of people speak out against ill-conceived projects.
Surfrider is calling upon the TCA and Orange County elected officials to embrace alternative transportation strategies that will better address the county's traffic issues without jeopardizing our environmental, recreational and economic resources.
We challenge the TCA to stop wasting money on lawyers and lobbying and to work with regional stakeholders to find better traffic solutions.
Should the TCA choose to appeal the Department of Commerce's decision, the Surfrider Foundation and its coalition partners are prepared to fight that battle as well.
On behalf of the Surfrider Foundation thank you for your continuing support! Our flagship campaign would not be possible without!
For Trestles,
Your pals at Surfrider
http://www.surfrider.org/savetrestles/
Thursday, December 18, 2008
News Flash: Trestles Prevails with the Federal Government
Great Ready for an Early Holiday Present!
The Department of Commerce announced today that it would uphold the California Coastal Commission's decision! The egregious project to build a toll road through San Onofre State Beach is officially illegal under state and Federal law! In a release issued from the Department of Commerce, they "determined that there is at least one reasonable alternative to the project and that the project is not necessary in the interest of national security.
While the decision is a fatal blow to the project, the fight to build the toll road is not over. We still need opponents of the toll road to continue writing letters and communicating with their local elected officials to let them know we are happy with the results and we stand behind the Department of Commerce's decision. In the coming days, we will have specific action items, but in the meantime, take some time to CELEBRATE this wonderful victory! Of course, Surfrider and our Coalition members will be planning a great celebration party, so stay tuned for that.
This victory would not have been possible if it was not for the activists who showed up by the thousands at the California Coastal Commission and Secretary of Commerce hearings or wrote letters to voice their opposition to the toll road.
Without a doubt, this victory belongs to the all dedicated individuals who have followed this campaign for several years. The ruling proves decision-makers listen when thousands of people speak out against ill-conceived projects.
Surfrider is calling upon the TCA and Orange County elected officials to embrace alternative transportation strategies that will better address the county's traffic issues without jeopardizing our environmental, recreational and economic resources.
We challenge the TCA to stop wasting money on lawyers and lobbying and to work with regional stakeholders to find better traffic solutions.
Should the TCA choose to appeal the Department of Commerce's decision, the Surfrider Foundation and its coalition partners are prepared to fight that battle as well.
On behalf of the Surfrider Foundation thank you for your continuing support! Our flagship campaign would not be possible without!
For Trestles,
Your pals at Surfrider
if you hate something don't you do it too ......
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I remember the first time I saw trestles on video it was also the first time I had ever listened to mother love bone. It was a flick made by quicksilver called Black and White.It"s about K. Slater. I think he had just gone Pro when this video came out. Anyway It's got footage of Slater at an A.S.P. event at Trestles and he just destroys the place and I think the MLB tracks are captain Hi top and.... shit I cant remember the other song.
and I just happen to be wearing my Surfrider Foundation Tee that I got at Eddie's solo show in L.A.
Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
After route fails, agency still wants 241 extension
$11.9 million budgeted to study alternatives to rejected toll road.
By ANDREW GALVIN
The Orange County Register
When state and federal agencies last year rejected a proposal to extend the 241 toll road through a state park, opponents of the route celebrated.
But the Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency, which operates the 241, hasn't given up its goal of connecting the toll road to the I-5 freeway. The agency has budgeted $11.9 million for "241 completion" in its fiscal year that begins July 1.
The rejected route would have extended the 241 by 16.9 miles, from its current terminus in the Rancho Santa Margarita area through San Onofre State Beach park to join the 5.
Opponents argued that it would have caused too much environmental harm, cutting through the park and habitat for a variety of sensitive species. Some worried that construction could damage the famous Trestles surf spot in San Onofre beach, although the toll road agency said there would be no effect on Trestles.
Since the U.S. Commerce Department rejected the proposed route in December, the toll road agency's staff has reached out to supporters and opponents in dozens of meetings to see if agreement can be reached on an alternate route, said agency spokeswoman Jennifer Seaton.
"What we've heard from those people is there is agreement that there is a traffic problem in south Orange County," Seaton said. "The biggest piece of agreement is that something needs to be done, because the 5 will continue to get worse and it's the only major highway in this area."
While opponents say planners should look at options besides extending the toll road, Pat Bates, a county supervisor representing South County who also sits on the Foothill/Eastern board, said a failure to extend the 241 would force a "massive widening" of the 5 from the San Diego County line north to Laguna Hills.
"The real problems focus on it going through the park," Bates said. "Is there an engineering solution to that issue, and is there right-of-way that you could acquire and keep it out of the park" as well as mitigate "any impact as it connects to I-5 to the beaches?"
The amount budgeted for the project in fiscal 2010, at $11.9 million, is a big drop from the $43.1 million budgeted for the 241 extension in fiscal 2009, Seaton said. The money comes from tolls.
"It's much less, because we are not moving ahead in the permitting process," Seaton said.
In fiscal 2009, only $18.2 million was actually spent on the project, and it's possible the full budgeted amount won't be spent in fiscal 2010. The bulk of the $11.9 million for 2010 is earmarked for engineering work in case the agency needs to begin analyzing possible alternate routes, Seaton said.
The route through the park, if not dead, is "moribund," said Chris Norby, a county supervisor who is also a member of the Foothill/Eastern board.
One possible alternative would take the toll road through some agricultural fields near San Onofre park, Norby said. Those fields, like the park, are on land leased from the U.S. Marine Corps, which operates Camp Pendleton nearby.
The Marines have previously refused to allow the road to go through the fields, which are closer to Camp Pendleton than the park is, Seaton said.
Mark Rauscher of the Surfrider Foundation, which opposed the route through the park, said Orange County should study alternatives to extending the toll road.
"We have this embedded bureaucracy down here in south Orange County that's stuck on this one-track mindset of, 'Build a toll road because that'll solve all our problems,' and that's just absolutely wrong," Rauscher said.
"They can't even think about the 5 or transit, they can't even think about arterials; the only thing they can think about is putting six lanes of concrete through previously open space."
Over the years, the toll road agency has spent $282 million on the 241 extension project, including mitigation payments made by the Foothill/Eastern to the San Joaquin Hills (73) toll road to offset expected negative traffic impacts to the 73, Seaton said.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/park ... oll-county