"It's no guarantee that we're going to be able to do this project ultimately; that we'll have the money," said Andy Schiffrin, the alternate for Commissioner Justin Cummings. "But by approving the project or urging the county to approve the project we make it possible to potentially do it and we stay on track."
As the long-awaited West Cliff 50-year Community Vision document was adopted by the Santa Cruz City Council meeting Tuesday, the proposed two-year, one-way pilot project on West Cliff Drive was scrapped after hours of public comment made by concerned community members.
The crowd's ire was directed at supervisors Bruce McPherson and Manu Koenig who voted against the staff recommendations to approve designs for the multi-use trail next to the rail line and sunk the motion through a 2-2 split vote, citing environmental impact concerns and ballooning costs.
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