Truth: Tonner Canyon Road

Truth: Tonner Canyon Road

by on October 12, 2024 with No Comments

HEAR THE TRUTH:

In the City of Brea City Council election, two candidates have shown support for a road through Tonner Canyon connecting to the Olinda Alpha Landfill. This is a red herring because the road isn’t possible.

RECEIPTS:

1. OC Waste & Recycling deemed Tonner Canyon Road infeasible for multiple reasons during its environmental review of transportation alternatives for the Olinda Alpha Landfill.

2. The City of Brea requested amending the Orange County Master Plan of Arterial Highways to eliminate the Tonner Canyon Roadway from the plan. In the meantime, it has been downgraded from an arterial road.

3. The Tonner Hills/Blackstone development required both conserved lands and mitigation lands to lessen the impacts of that development. This included protecting 455 acres, all of which have a conservation easement over them.

4. The Tonner Hills Conservation Easement prohibits inconsistent uses (like building a road) on those lands as they are counter to the open space and habitat protection designation.

A graphic with a green background labeled Receipt 1. It says OC Waste & Recycling Considered Tonner Canyon Road Infeasible. There is snapshot of an email describing how this determination was made. The HFE logo is in the bottom right.
A graphic with a green background labeled Receipt 2. It says City of Brea Requested an Amendment to the Remove the Tonner Canyon Road from the Master Plan of Arterial Highways. There is snapshot of a graphic from the showing how the City of Brea made this request to the County of Orange. The HFE logo is in the bottom right.
A graphic with a green background labeled Receipt 3. It says Tonner Hills Mitigation & Conserved Areas. There is snapshot of a graphic from the Tonner Hills Planned Community with both conserved and mitigation lands included. A note at the bottom says both types of land designations have conservation easements over them. The HFE logo is in the bottom right.
A graphic with a green background labeled Receipt 4. It says Tonner Hills Conservation Easement. There is snapshot of the first page of the Conservation Easement and four paragraphs on the right (intent, easement purpose, easement rights, and prohibited uses. The HFE logo is in the bottom right.