Agency appeals tollway rejection
The county’s toll road agency filed an appeal Friday of the California Coastal Commission’s decision rejecting a controversial toll road extension.
According to the appeal, the commission exceeded its review and its decision was not in compliance with the state Coastal Act. The document was filed with the U.S. Department of Commerce.
At a raucous meeting Wednesday in Del Mar before 3,500 people, the commission rejected the proposed 16-mile route through San Onofre State Beach by an 8-2 vote.
In a related matter, state Treasurer Bill Lockyer in a letter urged Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who supported the road, to work to develop alternatives less destructive to wildlife habitats, water quality and Native American sacred sites.
-- David Reyes
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