The Commission approved a resolution authorizing Executive Director Christensen to execute a Right-of- Entry Agreement with the City of Santa Cruz for a temporary pedestrian and bicycle trail between Seabright Avenue and 7th Avenue, and to use adjacent areas of the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line corridor for construction staging to support the Murray Street Bridge Seismic Retrofit and Barrier Replacement Project.

The agreement is subject to approval by the RTC’s contracted railroad operator, Saint Paul & Pacific Railroad, a subsidiary of Progressive Rail, Inc.

The Commission directed staff to continue facilitating reviews and approvals by Progressive Rail for both the temporary use of the railroad bridge and the staging area.

This temporary trail will provide a vital connection for community members to businesses in the Seabright and Harbor neighborhoods during construction of the Murray Street Bridge Project, which has an estimated duration of two years.

RTC Documents are here:

https://www.sccrtc.org/meetings/regional-transportation-commission/agendas/

Original video is here:

https://youtu.be/J4cE6Pz_U54?si=twHZsN6hTylIiwXY