Arroyo Santa Rosa Bridge.

Construction is under way on our new trail bridge!  The pilings and abutments were installed in November and on December 23rd the I-beams were placed across the arroyo..

The bridge has been designed by bridge engineer John Dickerson of VCE Services in Ventura using a revolutionary new eco-friendly material for the I-beams and fencing.  It will be completed with a wood deck to give better traction for horses.  This will be the first bridge of its kind in California.  This new material is made from recycled plastic by Axion International..


This bridge will make it much safer than the current road bridge where horses must contend with traffic and/or a precarious drop to the concrete channel below.

In 2010, the Ventura County Board of Supervisors approved the use of the Watershed Protection District property  just west of East Las Posas Road for SRVTI to place this trail bridge over the Arroyo Santa Rosa.

You can read more in the Ventura County Star article about this bridge here.

Or to listen to the KCLU radio article by clicking on this link to KCLU.org.




The Santa Rosa Connector trail is now one year old!
This trail is now officially called  SHOOTING STAR TRAIL.  The trail, which was proposed by SRVTI, was constructed in 2010 by volunteers from the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency  COSCA working with SRVTI volunteers. 

About 30 people from Santa Rosa Valley joined another 100 from the Conejo Valley and cut the new trail.  It was a cool morning but the work involved moving many rocks:


More photos of the Trail Work Day can be seen at Santa Rosa Valley Riders website

The trail connects Santa Rosa Valley to Wildwood Park.  It runs from the Santa Rosa Trail on the top of the Mountclef Ridge down to the Lower Santa Rosa ( Baseline) Trail.