North Coast Rail Trail Project

North Coast Rail Trail Project

The North Coast Rail Trail Project includes a 7.5 mile Class I multi-use bicycle and pedestrian trail along the RTC-owned railroad corridor from Wilder Ranch State Park on the south to Davenport on the north. The trail would generally be 20 ft wide and comprised of a 12-ft wide apved surface and unpaved shoulders. The project also includes parking improvements at the Davenport Beach lot and Yellowbank/Panther Beach lot where 30-50 formal parking spaces would be provided in addition to restrooms, bike racks, benches, and an ADA-accessible route to the trail. Additionally, the project would include access from the current Bonny Doon Beach lot to the future trail and improvements for crossing SR 1 at Davenport. The parking lots and the highway crossing would encroach within the Caltrans ROW. Project construction activities would include land clearing, grading, paving and striping for the trail and parking lots.

Santa Cruz

Air Resources Board, Transportation Projects, California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Water Resources, Office of Emergency Services, California, Resources Agency

Transportation:Other (multi-use trail)

RTC Approval

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Geology/Soils, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Recreation, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources