Transit District updates appeal to federal Surface Transportation Board
The California Coastal Commission has written a “pre-cease and desist” letter to the North County Transit District, threatening enforcement if the district proceeds with installing a fence along the railroad tracks on the Del Mar bluffs.
Del Mar residents and elected officials have been fighting the fence proposal for years. They say any barrier would restrict coastal access, impair ocean views, and contribute to erosion on the fragile seaside cliffs. Transit officials say the the fence is essential to stop trespassing and prevent deaths on the tracks.NCTD responded to the commission’s letter in a March 4 update of the petition it filed Aug. 28, 2020, with the federal Surface Transportation Board.
“Despite the clear danger of this rail line, NCTD is faced with elected officials from the city of Del Mar and commission staff and legal representatives who disregard the fact that it is illegal for the public to trespass on these rail tracks to reach the beach,” it states. In Del Mar, the report recommended a 6-foot-tall, chain-link fence be installed on both sides of the railroad right-of-way from the city’s only legal crossing at Coast Boulevard south to the North Torrey Pines Bridge, about 1.7 miles. At the time, the district said it would complete the project by the end of 2020.
From June 2016 through June 2021, there have been six deaths and three serious injuries on the tracks in Del Mar. And on March 2, 2022, a person fell from the cliff above the tracks and had to be rescued by first responders in an area where the fence is to be installed on the upper bluff, according to the district’s update to the Surface Transportation Board.
The NCTD board of directors voted on Jan. 20 to proceed with the Del Mar fence project. The board also gave the city until Feb. 28, after it missed a previous Dec. 31 deadline, to agree to a modified plan to build a shorter, more visually attractive fence that would have required the city to accept liability for some of the changes.
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