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DRAFT MASTER PLAN FOR THE DPTS REGIONAL TRAIL CORRIDOR EXISTING CONDITIONS The Regional Trail Corridor is a strip of land, varying in width at either 75 fro or 100 fr., located approximately 120 fro west of (and parallel to) First St. The property is the former Southern Pacific Rail- road (SPRR) right of way, currently owned by the County of Alameda. As County property, it is also known as the Alameda County Trail Corridor. The City of Pleasanton's interest in the Corridor is based on the possibiliry that Pleasanton may eventually own or have control over some or all of this land. The downtown stretch of the Regional Trail Corridor is gen~rally flat, open, and relatively unused. The two blocks from Bernal Ave. north to West Angela St. are curtently used for parking. The next block north ro Neal St., adjacent to Delucchi Park, is the site of the Railroad History Museum, a set of original railroad tracks on ties, with one diesel- era boxcar, and a caboose. An open drainage ditch with vertical sides is also located here. Adjacent to Wayside Park, north of Neal St., the right of way is largely vacant except for a small retail building, the Pleasanton Ice House. The open drain swale that starts in Wayside Park runs through the Corridor for just over half the length of the park. The park's bandstand and Lion's Club building are located partly in the Corridor (approximately 8 fro and 4 fro into the right of way, respectively). From Wayside Park north to the Arroyo del Valle, the Corridor is vacant land. Where the Cor- ridor crosses the Arroyo, it is the site of an aban- doned railroad trestle bridge, which is badly burned, and currently unsafe for public use. Abo",: Th, Corridor (from Nral St.. looking south). Middk: Thr Corridor (from w"" Angr'" St., looking south). &Iow: Existing railroad trntlr. REGIONAL TRAIL CORRIDOR DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS 3 I 1>;1 II I