Starting Sunday May 1, several trails in Lime Ridge will be closed due to PG&E undergrounding the existing power lines in the area.
Moving the power lines through Lime Ridge underground is part of PG&E’s fire prevention efforts and is expected to reduce the risk of power lines causing a wildfire.
The construction project is scheduled to take two months and be completed on or around July 1, 2022. The trail closures include portions of the Paraiso Trail, Ohlone Trail and the Timberleaf Trail (see map).
For your safety and the safety of the employees please avoid this area. If you have any questions please contact City of Walnut Creek Project Manager Don Murphy at 925-256-3591.
Something seems very wrong about digging up public open space to underground a private utility’s lines. Will tax payers become the owners of these lines? And what if something goes wrong in the future, do they come back and dig up the ground, oaks, and habitat again and again?
and yet I imagine you enjoy the electricity and gas that flows to your home every second of every day with little to no interruption?
Electricity and gas that is transported to your home by transmission lines and gas lines from hundreds, sometimes thousands of miles away. All allowed by right of ways.
I assume you don’t like wild fires caused by down powerlines that blacken 100s of thousands of acres of both private and public open spaces last year?
Do you like it when PG&E turns off your power because of high winds and the threat of wild fires? Try being in county like say Tehama when PG&E turns off the power in +100 degree temperatures for weeks at a time.
Yes when something breaks PG&E is going to fix it. See the 1st ¶.
Will the Alameda Whipsnakes and endangered plants be protected if encountered?
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Who is the biologist of record on this project?
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Was this project exempted under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)?
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Was Save Mount Diablo contacted and allowed to comment?
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What about the WC Open Space Foundation? I’m sure Bob Simmons will want to know about the type of work that will be conducted and its effect on the flora, fauna, and hikers.
.. all good questions … and I bet the answer to them all is “no”
@Exit 12A Remember when Leona Helmsley allegedly said, “We don’t pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes?”
There’s your answer.
Yes WC Open Space is aware. This is all part of the ongoing work being done in Lime Ride as part of the Master Plan update. Just look up PROS Committee Line Ridge…
Come on guys they are trying to make an improvement. Whip snakes and wild plants will be plenty safe.
This is what All of you wanted and cried about PG&E not burying their lines.
Now that they’re doing it……you’re all crying still.
Exactly! +1
Zero fire danger. Do it in the high risk areas as well.
Look out for rattlesnakes PG&E (scorpions too).
This is a good thing! Environmentally, it will eliminate some of the unsightly utility wires and posts that detract from natural open space. It will sharply reduce the risk of fires. And for me, it will enhance hiking in a more natural landscape.
What’s so “environmental” about digging up animal burrows?
Aren’t you worried about a rattlesnake’s hole or a mouse’s den?
They need homes too.
At least the hikers will get a charge out of walking once the construction is complete.
Relax folks……I already called the Pun Police.
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Is undergrounding safe?
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I mean with PGE owning the work and infrastructure, I wouldn’t be surprised if Lime Ridge hikers get fatally shorted/electrocuted in the future.
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Who inspects their work? Or would it be self-certified like the gas pipeline in San Bruno that leaked and exploded?
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I’m skeptical.
Who will PG&E blame when their workers dig up a PG&E gas line?
This tread is making me laugh. People are complaining about PG&E doing something proactive and good for the system. Man why not complain about the way things are being run at the city or state level. The damn power line are the last thing to be thinking about right now.
Thank you Elon for buying Twitter…….
I swear, some people just like to complain.
It’s a steal at $5 million per mile!