Bair

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BESS BAIR, et al., Plaintiffs, No. C 17–06419 WHA

v.

ORDER GRANTING SUMMARY

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF TRANSPORTATION, et al., DEFENDANTS AND AGAINST

PLAINTIFFS

Defendants.

17 INTRODUCTION After losing an appeal, plaintiffs renew undecided environmental claims against the California Department of Transportation and its director for the approval of a road-widening project that may impact redwood trees along Highway 101. To the extent stated herein, defendants’ motion for summary judgment is GRANTED. STATEMENT OF FACTS In this decade-long action, this is the third round aimed at blocking a California Department of Transportation (“Caltrans”) project to widen a portion of Highway 101 winding through the old-growth redwood trees in Richardson Grove State Park, located just south of Humboldt County. Extra-long trucks used elsewhere in California and the…