Coast Highway Improvement Project

As part of improvements planned for the stretch of Pacific Coast Highway that runs across the Buena Vista Lagoon just south of the Nature Center, there are apparently plans to add a concrete curb and sidewalk, and to eliminate all street-side parking.

Buena Vista Audubon Society (BVAS), the keepers of the Nature Center, are rightly concerned that these changes will result in frequent overcrowding of the Nature Center parking lot, making it difficult for visitors and BVAS members to access the facility.

BVAS suggests instead building a boardwalk along the east side of the road that crosses the Buena Vista Lagoon. BVAS says such a boardwalk might partially extend over the edge of the water, and could include several wider sections designed to accommodate fishermen and those wishing to observe wildlife. 

We here at SDVO like the idea of a boardwalk along the Coast Highway.  The only thing better ... would be a boardwalk that encircles the entire lagoon!  What an enduring waste it is that this rare resource is virtually locked away from the public which owns it.