Trestles and San Onofre need your time on June 19th to help persuade the Regional Water Quality Control Board to deny the TCA’s permit to build the first “segment” of their ill-fated toll road. In 2008, surfers and activists organized the largest turn-out for a public hearing in State history—and when the Coastal Commission saw 3,500 people in the audience, they were persuaded to deny the plan. We need to do that again! This time, we need hundreds of people to attend the Board meeting on June 19th so we can shut down this road once more.
If the first section
of road is built, the “dominos” will fall and the rest of the road will be
built down to San Onofre/Trestles.
Surfrider is asking its supporters to attend the meeting at 1:00pm, and stay
through the afternoon to demonstrate opposition to the road. Public comment
will be taken shortly after 1pm.
Need some inspiration?
View this video of the Save Trestles campaign from 2008 when we first
defeated the TCA.
WHAT: Water Quality Control Board
Meeting regarding TCA’s permit for first 5
miles of road.
WHEN: Wednesday, June 19, 2013. 1:00pm
WHERE: Water Quality Control Board
Meeting Room:
9174 Sky Park Court
SanDiego, CA 92123
WHY: To stop the TCA from building
the road in segments down to San Onofre/Trestles. Bring your old Save Trestles shirts and
signs. We will also have tee-shirts and signs for you!
For
over a decade, Surfrider Foundation has been opposing the ill-conceived
plan to build the Foothill-South Toll Road, which was originally
aligned to go straight through a senstive watershed and bisect a state
park. Surfrider objects to the toll road's potential harm to water
quality, endangered species and habitat, loss of state park land, and
impairment to coastal recreational resources. In February 2008, the
California Coastal Commission ruled that the toll road was unacceptable
for these reasons under the Coastal Act, after thousands of concerned
citizens voiced opposition at the Commission hearing. The U.S. Secretary
of Commerce also upheld the Coastal Commission’s decision after the TCA
appealed in 2008. However, in 2013, the TCA approved proceeding with
the first 5.5-mile segment of this toll road, which does not enter the
Coastal Zone (yet). The environmental groups believe this is just the
first part of the full toll road and that the TCA would like to start
building now so they can gain political momentum for the full road.