Tag: San Diego County

Rick Erkeneff, Surfrider
Transportation, Urban Land

Orange County Toll Road to Nowhere Denied Permits

Orange County’s Toll Road Agency is pushing the first segment of a previously rejected road extension that will have significant and irreversible environmental and economic impacts. According to the Save San Onofre Coalition and the State Attorney General, the project had failed to undertake sufficient environmental studies. As a result, the Regional Water Board in San Diego decided to deny the project a waste discharge permit.

San Onofre State Beach, California
Collamer, Politics and Advocacy

Trestles Beach: National Treasure or Toll Road Off-Ramp?

World-renowned San Onofre and Trestles have been synonymous with California surfing since the 1930s. A movement to pave over the park and beach with a toll road was rejected by in 2008. We now have the opportunity to have it recognized for its historical contributions by being listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and stop that toll road project for good.