City council members unanimously called on the transportation agency to throw out its proposal to armor more of the coast, saying they need to focus on bringing sand to a vanishing shoreline.
Tag: Orange County Transportation Authority
Posted inTransportation
Transportation Officials Discuss Future of OC’s Collapsing Coastal Railway
After five collapses in the last three years, city and county leaders are looking to shore up an embattled coastline and study potentially shifting the rail away from the coast.
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Santana: Orange County’s Transportation Officials Don’t Want Anyone Watching
The Orange County Transportation Authority is the one of the only public agencies left in Orange County that does not provide video of its public board meetings.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Ward: Missing the Point
In his recent column, Norberto Santana Jr .completely missed the point on what’s transpiring at the OCTA. As the principal author of the Measure M2 ballot measure and Ordinance,I feel the record needs to be set straight. Not everything is about politics. Sometimes it is about following the rules and doing the right thing for the citizens and taxpayers of Orange County.
Posted inTransportation
Santana: OC Transit Officials Want to Gut Oversight on Local Road Taxes
OCTA officials are poised at an upcoming Jan. 22 hearing to quietly change a 2006 transportation ballot initiative approved by voters, removing sign off from the County Auditor Controller after he raised questions about lack of strong auditing.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Girand: Trains or Coastline – Which Is Essential?
Keeping the trains running along a doomed section of the LOSSAN rail corridor is destroying beaches and contributing to landslides of coastal bluffs saturated from torrential rain. Train vibrations will compound the effects of this year’s El Niño, exacerbating slides. Stop this manmade coastal destruction. Stop the trains.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Quirk and Nelson: Should Taxpayers Spend $5 Million per Rider to Relocate Coastal Rail?
Residents in San Clemente and Del Mar are demanding rail agencies stop destroying beaches with hard armoring and provide a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis to justify $20 billion for 2 tunnels to replace eroding railroad segments that carry little freight and mostly empty passenger trains.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Sackett and Chou: The Railroad in South San Clemente Must Move Off the Beach
South San Clemente’s beaches face erosion. OCTA must move the railway off the beach, ensuring coastal access and wave quality. OCTA should prioritize the coast’s future, as SANDAG did in Del Mar. Mandy Sackett and Henry Chou of Surfrider call for action.
Posted inTransportation
Passenger Trains on South OC’s Coastal Railway Stopped by Another Landslide
It comes more than a week since train service resumed after an April 27 landslide shut down the same area – and the day after construction crews put the finishing touches on their weeks-long emergency work.
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Can OC Cling Onto Its Iconic But Threatened Coastal Rail Line?
Amidst new announcements of county task forces and rail relocation studies, officials were clear last week about their goal of maintaining the rail corridor wherever they can.
