Executive director of the California Coastal Commission
Executive director of the California Coastal CommissionPROFILE
Peter Douglas
Guest
FROM Peter Douglas
Which Way, L.A.?
Existing Beach Wins, New Toll Road Loses in San Onofre California’s Transportation Corridor Agency wants to build 16 miles of a 6-lane toll road across the Trestles marine estuary through San Onofre State Beach. The goal is to relieve the bottleneck on Interstate 5 in Southern Orange and Northern San Diego Counties. Last night, to the cheers of a crowd of 3500 people, the State Coastal Commission said, “no.”
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