Friday, July 13, 2007

The Point Buchon trail, south of Montana de Oro State Park in Los Osos, Calif., opened to the public for the first time Friday, July 13. The trail is on private-property, owned by Pacific Gas & Electric, providing a security buffer around Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. According to Sharon Gavin, PG&E spokesperson, the 1.8-mile bluff-top route with cliff-views, a large ocean-fed sinkhole along with access to the previously-closed Coon Creek Beach and sea caves, was established in an agreement with the California Coastal Commission for approval of the power plant's planned above-ground storage of spent radioactive fuel. Gavin says that there are plans to add two-miles to the trail network in 2008.