History Danger Zone 1920 to 2021

The primary access to Mount Diablo State Park is Mount Diablo Scenic Boulevard, a small, narrow, old road that is deadly dangerous.  Since 1931 California State Parks has had an easement over this private road so as to provide access for park visitors.  Their easement includes a half-mile narrow and twisting section of Scenic we call “The Danger Zone,” where a cyclist was killed in 2019 and multiple near-misses occur on a daily basis.

California State Parks has no plan to address the safety of The Danger Zone for their visitors and, in fact, has been quietly obstructionist to all efforts to improve the situation. Don't take our word for it: Read the History  

Then, please, send in any additional information, emails, documents, surveys, photos, videos, and suggestions.  We look forward to hearing from you and to making The Danger Zone on Scenic safer for park visitors and all users of the road!

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1991 DIABLO RESIDENT ” ACCESS ALTERNATIVE TO SOUTHGATE ROAD”

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1991 DIABLO RESIDENTS “DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED, DISMAYED, DANGEROUS SITUATION”

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1988 NEW PARK ROAD TO BYPASS DANGER ZONE

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1995 CA STATE PARKS & COUNTY REQUIRED TO REMOVE “HAZARDOUS CONDITION”

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1999 CA STATE PARKS “WE TRY TO FILL SOME OF THE POT HOLES”

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1990 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SCHEDULE FOR RESOVLING THE ISSUES

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1990 CA STATE PARKS CONVEY AT NO COST THE EASEMENT – CONTRIBUTE $300,000

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1990 BLACK OAK ESTATES PROJECT MEETING ALL PARTIES OBTAIN A SAFE AND IMPROVED ROAD

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2009 PAVING PROPOSAL “$115,255.00”

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SAFETY PLAN: “DANGER ZONE” CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS