Lafayette-Moraga Regional Trail: Officials Mark Reopening

LAMORINDA, CA — A ribbon cutting to celebrate the reopening of the Lafayette-Moraga Regional Trail was planned for Wednesday.

The East Bay Regional Park District maintains and operates the 7.65-mile trail that parallels St. Mary's Road through Lafayette and Moraga. In 2016, a landslide closed the section between Canyon Road and Westchester Street in Moraga.

The trail’s role in providing healthy recreational opportunities, green transportation alternatives, and safe routes to school for local schoolchildren made it a priority for the local community.

The overall project included slope stabilization and trail reconstruction and was a partnership between the East Bay Regional Park District, EBMUD and the Town of Moraga.

In 2020, the Town of Moraga completed the Canyon Road Bridge Replacement Project that reestablished the regional trail along Canyon Road. In 2021, East Bay Municipal Utility District completed the Moraga Creek Flood Control Project that stabilized the slope, allowing the East Bay Regional Park District to move forward with final trail construction.

East Bay Regional Park District General Manager Sabrina Landreth, East Bay Regional Park District Board Director Dee Rosario, East Bay Municipal Utility District Board Director Marguerite Young, and Town of Moraga Mayor Teresa Onoda were among those scheduled to speak at Wednesday's celebration.