Traffic & Transit
$1.5M Bid Awarded For Watsonville Trail Construction
The trail will run from Ohlone Parkway to Watsonville Slough Trail, as part of the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail.
WATSONVILLE, CA — The Watsonville City Council approved a $1.5 million bid for the construction of a segment of the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail, from Ohlone Parkway to the Watsonville Slough Trail trailhead.
The scenic trail master plan was approved in 2013 by the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission, the city wrote in a report to the council, for its Jan. 21 meeting. The plan was created after more than two years of public outreach.
Granite Rock Company came in with the lowest bid at roughly $1.5 million. Watsonville is expected to pay for the construction with a combined $1.2 million in grant funding, $200,000 from the Santa Cruz County Land Trust and $52,000 from the gas tax.
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Read the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail master plan here.
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