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Community presses for sustained presence, volunteer marshals and trail fixes to ease Bixby Bridge parking and safety problems
Summary
Task‑force participants reiterated that peak weekend parking and roadside stopping at Bixby Bridge creates safety hazards; volunteers and agency representatives urged trials of non‑enforcement marshals, outsourcing ticketing and repairing adjacent trails to keep pedestrians off the highway.
Task‑force members and volunteers on Thursday described repeated safety incidents caused by roadside parking and pedestrian crossings near Bixby Bridge and urged a layered approach that combines enforcement, active traffic management and quick physical fixes to reduce risk.
Multiple participants recounted instances when volunteers or a uniformed person with a radio could clear parked cars and restore emergency access faster than relying exclusively on law enforcement. Laura (MidCoast volunteer / fire brigade participant) described a recent midday action in which she, wearing her volunteer fire gear, asked motorists to move and said that
