Santa Cruz County Local News: Transportation

Derek Whaley, a historian and research librarian who grew up in Felton, shares the history of train routes through the Santa Cruz Mountains and how they changed the destiny of this region.

Construction of the paved rail trail along the tracks toward Neary Lagoon and Beach Street is expected to finish in February, rather than by the end of the year.

Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission is seeking input through an online survey on its climate adaptation vulnerability project.

Plus, the vote on a parcel tax for Scotts Valley schools is leaning toward approval.

From this year’s storm damage, about 40 county road repairs are finished and roughly 30 more repairs continued this month, said Steve Wiesner, Santa Cruz County’s assistant director of Public Works.

Plus: Bus depot housing project expected to start in February.

The report details the environmental changes that might result from the rail trail.

Watsonville officials envision downtown as a vibrant place where commerce, mixed-use housing and a transit system intermingle and trees line a two-lane Main Street.