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San Buenaventura outlines plan to replace Main Street Bridge while keeping pedestrian and bike access
Summary
City staff and consultants presented a staged replacement of the Main Street Bridge to address scour risk, preserve pedestrian and bicycle crossings during construction, and begin an Environmental Impact Report alongside a NEPA assessment with public comment opportunities this fall.
City of San Buenaventura engineers and their consultants presented plans to replace the Main Street Bridge at a public meeting, saying the structure is scour‑critical and requires full replacement and environmental review. Jeff Herford, principal civil engineer for the City of Ventura, said, “This is the initial phase of the project. It’s mostly the environmental part. We’re also doing some design on this which will inform the environmental.”
The project team emphasized that design choices will preserve pedestrian and bicycle access through staged construction and that the City will prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) under the California Environmental Quality Act while Caltrans will lead a National Environmental Policy Act assessment if federal funding is involved. “The city has decided that they’re going to prepare an environmental impact report,” said Aaron Silva, environmental planner and subconsultant to the City.
Heritage and safety background, and the reason for replacement Jeff Herford reviewed the bridge’s history — originally completed in 1913, with major…
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