ORANGE, Calif. — The Orange County Transportation Authority has completed a yearlong project to protect the LOSSAN Rail Corridor line along the Pacific Coast at Mariposa Point in San Clemente.
A ribbon-cutting celebration on Friday, Oct. 9, marked completion of the project that began in September 2025 to resolve challenges that affected rail service on the OCTA-owned right-of-way used by Metrolink, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner, and BNSF freight trains. The project also improved the San Clemente Beach Trail, which provides public access to the coastline, including restoring a pedestrian bridge that a landslide destroyed. City, state, and federal leaders, along with OCTA board members, were on hand.
The project cost about $93 million. A major milestone was completing a 1,400-foot. catchment wall designed to protect the track from falling rocks. About $24 million of the overall cost went toward rebuilding the pedestrian bridge and other work on the trail, including landscaping and additional improvements. That portion of the project was funded primarily through federal and state sources…