Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 1:43 PM
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Water board OKs permanent fix for creek trail
Original post made on Mar 13, 2018
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 1:43 PM
Comments (5)
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Mar 13, 2018 at 3:21 pm
That's a real cheap price to repair a major transportation route through the city. Too bad they couldn't do it last year for some reason.
a resident of Blossom Valley
on Mar 13, 2018 at 5:25 pm
Doug Pearson is a registered user.
I'm glad to see the proposal but can't help thinking it will be a temporary fix. I do not know if a permanent fix is even possible--erosion of the creek banks is an ongoing problem. The creek, as it is today, is the result of many centuries of erosion.
For example, south of El Camino Real, the broad, undeveloped area between the creek and highway 85 will be relatively unaffected by any erosion. In contrast, the trailer park west of the creek, also being nibbled away by erosion, is taking a serious financial hit.
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Mar 13, 2018 at 10:36 pm
Trying to fight Mother Nature is never a good long term plan.
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Mar 15, 2018 at 2:08 pm
Citizen84 is a registered user.
Kudos to the city for FINALLY making plans for a permanent fix of the Stevens Creek Trail.
Would it be too much to ask that the city exhibit some foresight now? Can the city remember that they approved Google site expansion that is very much adjacent to the Trail?
Without widening the Stevens Creek Trail now, where do folks think all this new traffic will go?
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Mar 15, 2018 at 2:16 pm
Thank you, you sound like you know a thing or two about this.
Can you please let the rest of us know how many people will the new site house, and how many are expected to use the trail?
Without that info I'd have no real argument to widen the trail other than an uninformed opinion, missing evidence to prove the most basic of reasons. I'm assuming you wouldn't be advising a widening without those numbers so I would love to see it to bolster my argument, which was so flat without it. Apologies if you don't have the actual numbers.
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