The Butte County Board of Supervisors is closing in on approving this
proposed mine that according to the EIR will result in 16,000+ truck
trips yearly of which the majority will come down Chico River Road
through Chico.

On Tuesday, April 24th, the Board will hear an appeal of the Planning
Commission's EIR certification.

For anybody with any input on this project this will be just about the
last chance to do so.

Concerns offered by cyclists, besides the safety aspects related to
the volume of truck traffic interacting with the significant number of
cyclists using this road daily, include the fact that the road-bed
already is several feet too narrow for general traffic and that the
County so far has decided not to do anything about that.

An additional though brough up is that in the project permit process
there seems to be nothing allerting the project operators to the fact
that Chico River Road is a significan bike route and that the
operation needs to appreciate that and provide suggestions as to how
to deal with that fact.

For more info: The EIR document can be read at the library or found at
www.buttecounty.net/dds

Contact info for the Supervisors can be found at:
http://www.buttecounty.net/Default.aspx?tabid=52

Send me an e-mail if you have any questions.