North Coast Rail Trail
Summary
SCH Number
2020100478
Lead Agency
United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA)
Document Title
North Coast Rail Trail
Document Type
EA - Environmental Assessment
Received
Present Land Use
Agriculture; existing parks and recreation
Document Description
The project is a 7.5-mi multi-use bicycle and pedestrian trail extending along the railroad corridor from Wilder Ranch State Park on the south to Davenport on the north in unincorporated Santa Cruz County. The project would include a paved path with striping, parallel unpaved path and shoulder, and parking improvements with trail connections at three locations along the alignment. The EA evaluates the Proposed Project Alternative and the No Action Alternative. The proposed project would locate the new multi-use trail almost exclusively on the coastal side of the existing railroad tracks, largely consistent with the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail Network Master Plan.
Contact Information
Name
Dustin Robbins
Agency Name
Federal Highways Administration - CFLHD
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Agency Name
Federal Highways Administration
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Location
Cities
Santa Cruz
Counties
Santa Cruz
Regions
Nationwide, Statewide
Cross Streets
SR 1
Zip
95017/9506
Railways
Santa Cruz Branch Line
Schools
Pacific ES
Waterways
San Vicente Crk, Laguna Crk, Pacific Ocean
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marin Region 7 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways, California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW)
Development Types
Transportation:Other (Multi-use trail)
Local Actions
Other
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Public Services, Recreation, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Environmental Document
State Comments
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