The Bay Area Ridge Trail (Ridge Trail) is a planned 550-mile loop along the ridges that encircle the bay. Four hundred miles are currently complete and open to the public.
With additional funding approved July 2, 2013, by the East Bay Regional Park District Board, 82,600 cubic yards of sand will be pumped onto Crown Memorial State Beach and Alameda Beach between September and November 2013.
LUPA Key Goals
The Restore Hayward Marsh Project seeks to plan for sea level rise and habitat resiliency, expand public access, enhance wildlife habitat, increase shoreline resilience, and improve the ability of the District to adapt to future conditions.
The Park District has prepared a Sanitary Sewer Management Plan (SSMP) that addresses the four parks that operate over one mile of sewer lines.
Roddy Ranch Golf Course was a 230-acre, 18-hole course located off Deer Valley Road at the south end of Antioch, CA. The East Bay Regional Park District is developing a Habitat Restoration and Public Access Plan to restore native grassland habitat and include paths and facilities for passive public recreation, such as walking, jogging, and picnicking. The former golf course property will be a part of the larger 3,500-acre future Deer Valley Regional Park. The planning process to open the former golf course as a park is expected to take 18 months.
To address increased popularity of mountain biking, the Park District is exploring additional bike access in Wildcat Canyon Regional Park.
The Park District acquired the 1,476-acre Tyler Ranch property in 2009. In 2012, the Park District Board of Directors adopted the Pleasanton Ridge Land Use Plan, which identified Tyler Ranch as the site of a new staging area to provide pedestrian, equestrian, and bicycle access into the southern end of Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park.
The existing pool facility at Roberts Regional Recreation Area was built in the 1950s and the infrastructure is beginning to fail. In addition, the Park District would like to expand the capacity of the pool to allow for increased use of the facility by the public.
The 2022 LHMP Update was finalized in late 2022 with input from the Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee, agency stakeholders, and the public. The California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and FEMA reviewed and approved the LHMP Update in early 2023.