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Pullman Ditch Collapses Access to Roosevelt Beach After Storm…Coastal Trail Next?

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OWN VOICE. I don’t own a car. I don’t like driving or traffic. I moved here in 1989 from over-the-hill and stopped commuting in 1991, choosing to work locally… and ride my bike to work.

 

I like to ride bikes. I have around 60,000 miles on the Coastal Trail. I am not the only one. Sure there are recreational users, but farmworkers and hospitality workers go from Pillar Ridge Manufactured Home Park (227 homes), south to Half Moon Bay and back.

 

Over those miles and those years we have had a TWO YEAR detour around the California State Park Pilarcitos Bridge. First, it was made of the wrong metal and because a State Park Ranger drove a tractor over the bridge in 2014 .

 

Who to Contact?

Bruce Meyer, Supervisor at California State Parks

[email protected]

Update as of 12/23/2021 from Bruce. “One of my staff drove down to monitor on the culvert and drove on the edge. I have instructed all staff to stay off the trail. The blue line signifies how far the road has been undercut. I am not involved with the planning, but I do know that this is of the highest priority.”

 

The Roosevelt ditch/culvert is just as vital as the County’s Medio de Arroyo bridge which is closed for a year and a half.

 

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What does the blue line mean?

 

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2 thoughts on “Pullman Ditch Collapses Access to Roosevelt Beach After Storm…Coastal Trail Next?”

  1. Hi Michelle,
    I sympathize and want to support your efforts to rebuild the bridge. The parking area provides vital public access to visitors to HMB and should be a priority. However, your blaming State Parks is misplaced. State Parks came to the HMB Planning Commission nearly a year ago with a plan to replace the culverts. It was residents who were openly hostile to the prospect of visitors and who urged State Parks to do an Env. Impact Report (EIR) for the little project. Since State Parks doesn’t have the money to waste on paper and extra research, a little week long culvert replacement has ground to a halt and will now take many years and hundreds of thousands of dollars of “science” to be approved. Unfortunately some of our neighbors are actually now happy – they consider this a “victory” since it prevents nonresident visitors to Dunes beach. Thank the locals and don’t blame State Parks.

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