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Transportation Commission awards funds for La Conchita underpass
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More from Other NewsThe last $34,000 needed to finish the pedestrian underpass to the beach at La Conchita was awarded Friday by the Ventura County Transportation Commission.
Caltrans has been working for months on a path under Highway 101, but with the $2.5 million project nearly complete, the agency discovered $34,000 in additional costs, according to a Transportation Commission report. Neither the state nor the county have money budgeted to finish it, so the Transportation Commission stepped in.
The commission shifted the money from its fund for bicycle trail maintenance. That account still has $104,000 left.
Mike Bell, a La Conchita resident often referred to as the hamlet's unoffical mayor, commended the commission on its decision.
"La Conchita residents have one legal option to reach the beach, and that's to walk across the 101," he said. Many residents use the illegal option, he said, which involves trespassing on Union Pacific railroad property.
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