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SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — San Diego city officials are eyeing construction of the next segment of an ambitious 44-mile bike trail connecting Oceanside to Santa Fe Depot in downtown.
On Monday, the San Diego City Council will vote on a motion to get the ball rolling on the long-discussed separated bicycle track along a 1.8 mile segment of Gilman Drive, connecting the UC San Diego campus path with the Rose Canyon bikeway.
Work on the connector, which is part of the Coastal Rail Trail project, has been stalled for years over disputes between San Diego officials and the owners of two chunks of vacant, private land east of Gillman Drive that the city would need to purchase to make the bike lane a reality.
So far the parcels' owners have been unreceptive to selling, rejecting each offer issued since 2021, when the city first reached out about the land, according to staff from the city's Economic Development Department. The final and best offer was delivered in December 2023.
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