A virtual ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place this Thursday following the opening of Segment 7, Phase 1 of the Coastal Rail Trail in Santa Cruz.
The segment runs from Natural Bridges Drive to Bay at California Streets.
Meanwhile, critics of the project believe the trail should go on the tracks. Mark Mesiti-Miller, a civil engineer stated why such an option is off the table…
“The fact is railbanking doesn’t work. It’s a legal fiction that was created by congress some 40 years ago. All it guarantees is a legal nightmare as people sue. And people along the [Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line] corridor. […] This is the future.”
More details about the virtual ribbon cutting taking place Thursday afternoon can be found online at CityOfSantaCruz.Com.
