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NCRA meeting 12 Dec 2012 Humboldt
The previous meeting the board the approval of the reception of the Northern Humboldt Bay report. This meeting they approved a broad community based resolution to support Rail with trail from Samoa to Eureka.
Healdsburg bridge was brought up. Healdsburg has yet to request NCRA to take action or even discuss the possibility of using the bridge for pedestrians and bikes. It was noted the PUC publicly opposes the conversion because it sets a precedent. It was noted the operator opposes such use for he intends to use the tracks up to Geyserville in a year. At least I think it was Geyserville. However SMART owns the bridge with NCRA having an easement.
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Tags: Geyserville, Healdsburg, NCRA, NWP, SMART
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Comment by Jason Peterich on December 25, 2012 at 9:11am -
Well... I see that bridge every time I go to my Grandparents. In fact, I'm going to their house today! The bridge looks to be in okay shape, but god knows what has happened to it over the years... Isn't there a lot of little bridges before the Healdsburg trestle?
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Comment by Mike Cook on December 25, 2012 at 12:16am -
The trains will be running to Healdsburg in 2013, and to Ukiah and Willits by 2015, sorry Healdsburg, that bridge is VITAL, find another bridge to "borrow". These people seem to forget the rest of Sonoma and Mendocino County, they only see their narrow, elite little world.
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Comment by Lawrence LaBranche on December 13, 2012 at 11:00pm -
Umm, the Eel River section does not have to be fixed to operate trains in Eureka area.
Currently there is the speeder operating in the area giving rides during the Summer.
THA also is working on a passenger train from Samoa to Eureka.
The Operator said he can run a profitable short line from Samoa to South Fork.
Then you have the East-West proposal. That has a large section of support for the feasibility study over the area it would cover.
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Comment by Jason Peterich on December 13, 2012 at 10:21pm
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Anthony, who knows. Have you ever seen the tracks in the Eel River Canyon...?
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Comment by jbriogrande on December 13, 2012 at 4:43pm -
Thanks for the update LL. I go with the PUC.....a precedent like that would set us back into the dark ages. Rail and Trail should be separate entities.....that's my feeling. Keep the public away from any mildly high speed network or passenger entity. I also oppose Rail with trail, except for class 3 railroads or right-of-ways. Having been on the receiving end of the public blunders and mis-steps, with my work in the past, I am fully in support of separation.
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Comment by anthony steele on December 13, 2012 at 4:14pm -
are they going to run trains up in eureka
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