Representatives of the elderly and disabled communities threw their support behind the Arana Gulch Master Plan, which will allow them access to the 68-acre park.
Representatives of the elderly and disabled communities threw their support behind the Arana Gulch Master Plan, which will allow them access to the 68-acre park. Now accessible only by dirt trail, the plan calls for paved trails and a bridge to enhance accessibility. The plan is being contested by environmental groups led by Friends of Arana Gulch, who claim that paving the area would threaten the endangered tarplant. The group has appealed a 2007 court ruling allowing the development, and is now waiting for an appellate court’s decision on the case. “We’re opposed to roadway developments in all greenbelts,” said Jean Brocklebank on behalf of the Friends of Arana Gulch.
But supporters of the plan complained that only people in wheelchairs are prevented from accessing the area. Representatives of the elderly and disabled communities intend to express their support for the new plan in a letter to the California Coastal Commission. Read more at Santa Cruz Sentinel.
