The lawsuit argues that the highway developments in particular will cause “severe and irreparable impacts to the environment” by actually increasing vehicle miles traveled and that Calt…
A northbound view of Highway 1 from the Rio Del Mar overpass. Campaign for Sustainable Transportation and the Sierra Club have filed another lawsuit against Caltrans concerning efforts to build auxiliary lanes and bus-on-shoulder facilities from State Park Drive to Freedom Boulevard. SANTA CRUZ — A major, multimodal transit project in Aptos has been challenged in Sacramento Superior Court after a pair of advocacy groups filed a lawsuit against the effort this week.
The lawsuit argues that the highway developments in particular will cause “severe and irreparable impacts to the environment” by actually increasing vehicle miles traveled and that Caltrans’ environmental impact report for the project evades requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act. According to the release, the environmental act requires measurement of vehicle miles traveled along with mitigation efforts, but the groups wrote that Caltrans wrongfully claims an exemption from such requirements. The groups also allege environmental act violations stemming from a lack of adequately exploring alternatives to the project.
Conversely, project proponents argue that the collective power of the multimodal benefits will help create efficiency and give people multiple travel options. The package of improvements, planners say, will speed up travel time for buses, reduce cut-through traffic on local streets, improve bicycle and pedestrian safety and increase connectivity from Watsonville to Santa Cruz.
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