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Brian wrote article for his daughter to post in Sentinel
Author: Train over Trail fan.
Date: 06-17-2015 - 16:17
I know this was last year but the writing has daddy's fingerprints all over it:
"Isabel Crossen, Olivia Quinn and Matti Peoples
Last year, Aptos High School started an Aptos Rail-Trail Club to find a cheap and quick approach to implement the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail Network. We want a bike trail from Manresa to Wilder Ranch by 2016.
We need to be responsible with our property, not only finding a cheap and fast way to build the trail, but also to keep our property clean and safe, help prevent drug use on it and clean up graffiti. It would be so great to be able to ride our bikes from Aptos to the Boardwalk without the worry of getting hit by a car.
Trying to build a trail parallel to the railroad tracks is adding millions of dollars because they need to construct 26 new bridges and it will cost over $126 million. We really don't think a new trestle will ever be built next to the Capitola Trestle. The removal of tracks and construction of a trail from Manresa to Wilder Ranch would be $12 million, plus we have to give back the $11 million given to us by the state to buy the railline. That is more than $100 milliom cheaper than building the trail parallel to tracks, and the trail can be a lot wider (20 to 30 feet) than a trail next to the tracks (8 feet), so it would be safer. The state would probably think we are smart because they realized that the cheapest, fastest and best use of the property would be a bike trail, so the state would give us more money for future transportation plans...."
Rest of story at the link:
[www.santacruzsentinel.com]
"Isabel Crossen, Olivia Quinn and Matti Peoples
Last year, Aptos High School started an Aptos Rail-Trail Club to find a cheap and quick approach to implement the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail Network. We want a bike trail from Manresa to Wilder Ranch by 2016.
We need to be responsible with our property, not only finding a cheap and fast way to build the trail, but also to keep our property clean and safe, help prevent drug use on it and clean up graffiti. It would be so great to be able to ride our bikes from Aptos to the Boardwalk without the worry of getting hit by a car.
Trying to build a trail parallel to the railroad tracks is adding millions of dollars because they need to construct 26 new bridges and it will cost over $126 million. We really don't think a new trestle will ever be built next to the Capitola Trestle. The removal of tracks and construction of a trail from Manresa to Wilder Ranch would be $12 million, plus we have to give back the $11 million given to us by the state to buy the railline. That is more than $100 milliom cheaper than building the trail parallel to tracks, and the trail can be a lot wider (20 to 30 feet) than a trail next to the tracks (8 feet), so it would be safer. The state would probably think we are smart because they realized that the cheapest, fastest and best use of the property would be a bike trail, so the state would give us more money for future transportation plans...."
Rest of story at the link:
[www.santacruzsentinel.com]
