After repairs were required due to recent safety concerns, the Orange County Transit Authority (OCTA) informed the California Coastal Commission Dec. 14 that its rail tracks would be running again through San Clemente in February 2023.
The tracks were shut down in September.
“[The transit system] was halted as a result of unstable land above the train tracks that had posed a risk of causing an alignment problem if not addressed,” San Clemente City Manager Sean Joyce told The Epoch Times.
Jason Lee, a project manager with OCTA, presented the agency’s findings regarding the recent track closure at San Clemente to the commission showing photos of the coastline in question, one taken in 2004 and the other in 2021 depicting beach erosion….