Marin County Judge James R. Ritchie did the expected thing earlier this week, issuing an injunction on all new repair work at the south end of the North Coast Railroad Authority line. The judge appears to have thrown the authority a small bone: In his preliminary order, he proposed a cutoff date of Oct. 15, […]
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Marin Judge Prepares Railroad Slam
On the eve of the big North Coast Railroad Authority v. Everyone lawsuit trial date down in Marin County, a judge has signaled that he is inclined to rule against the railroad authority and for the County of Marin, the City of Novato and several Bay Area and Humboldt County environmental organizations. In a pretrial […]
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The NCRA’s New Play
The North Coast Railroad Authority and the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation district have unveiled a creative new scheme to kill the gathering momentum for a pedestrian/bicycle trail between Eureka and Arcata. The two agencies together will apply for a $19 million grant from the state of California to reopen the northern Humboldt section […]
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More Millions For The Railroad
The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat reports that on Thursday the California Transportation Commission released an additional $13.6 million to the North Coast Railroad Authority. The money will be used to fund repairs in Sonoma and Marin counties. According to the P-D, the NCRA says the money is enough to open a 60-mile stretch of the south […]
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Railroad Wackers Army Assembles
It began with an outdoors column by Journal publisher Judy Hodgson detailing a day of “civil disobedience” spent cutting blackberries and brush along the railroad right-of-way between Arcata and Eureka. She followed with a publisher’s column saying in part, The response to the story was immediate and overwhelming. How can we help? Where can I […]
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Piling On the NCRA
Who didn’t think it would come to this? The Environmental Protection Information Center, Friends of the Eel and Californians for Alternatives to Toxins, as well as two Marin County environmental groups, today announced their intention to file an amicus brief in the City of Novato’s lawsuit against the North Coast Railroad Authority. The environmental groups’ […]