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Jim Trageser: Public deserves its hearing on saving state beach

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on July 20, 2008 at 6:45 am

From the North County Times, this column by Jim Trageser:

So if too many people want to speak out on an issue, we have to deny them that right because of logistics?

That may not be the intended message, but should the public hearing on whether to allow a private toll-road to gut a state park not be rescheduled, that message will become reality.

After the California Coastal Commission denied an Orange County agency the necessary permits to run the toll road through San Onofre State Beach, the Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency (a name only a bureaucrat could love) filed an appeal with the U.S. Commerce Department. As the proposed route, and the state park, both sit on Camp Pendleton, the feds get the final say.

But before considering overruling the state, Commerce folks wanted to hold another public hearing so that those of us who actually live here can let the hired help know what we think about the proposed ruination of the last stretch of undeveloped coastal land the public has access to between Ventura and the Mexican border.

More of Jim Trageser’s column in the North County Times by clicking here.

July 20, 2008 · Filed Under San Onofre Toll Road

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