In her Tuesday newsletter, Lily Belli notes the opening of H&H West in the Swift Street Courtyard, a new long-term home for the Scotts Valley farmers market and an Old Town Salinas taproom for a Scotts Valley standby.
Murray Street Bridge
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This week in Santa Cruz County business: Events aim to boost visitors to Seabright amid latest Murray Street Bridge closure; air corridor project underway; Joby-Archer lawsuit developments
With the Murray Street Bridge set to be closed through September, business owners and community leaders have plans to bring visitors to the neighborhoods around the Santa Cruz Harbor this summer. Jessica M. Pasko’s weekly look at local business also includes updates on a project to connect four regional airports, including Watsonville’s; legal jabs between air mobility rivals; and plenty more names, numbers and dates to know.
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Carmageddon: Second full Murray Street Bridge closure in sight, could begin as early as June 10
The second full closure of the Murray Street Bridge could begin as early as June 10, the City of Santa Cruz announced on Friday. However, this one is scheduled to last only a couple of months. The project is still on track for a January 2028 completion.
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Wharf to Wharf will again avoid Murray Street Bridge this year
With construction on the Murray Street Bridge continuing, the annual Wharf to Wharf road race will again start in Live Oak instead of its customary spot along the Santa Cruz waterfront, organizers announced Wednesday.
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Murray Street Bridge to return to one-way, eastbound-only traffic starting Tuesday
One week after reopening the Murray Street Bridge to alternating one-lane, two-way traffic, the city will revert the road to eastbound-only starting Tuesday. City officials observed severe congestion and unsafe driving behavior created gridlock on nearby neighborhood streets.
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As Murray Street Bridge traffic snarls Seabright, Engfer Pizza Works hands out slices to stuck drivers
After months of slumping sales during the Murray Street Bridge closure, Seabright businesses are adjusting to the bridge reopening last week to one-lane, alternating traffic, which quickly created long backups in the neighborhood. Engfer Pizza Works turned the gridlock into a marketing opportunity by handing out free pizza samples to drivers stuck in traffic.
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Murray Street Bridge to allow two-way traffic controlled by signals starting Monday
The City of Santa Cruz will allow two-way traffic along the open lane of the Murray Street Bridge on Monday.
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UCSC students develop website to support Seabright small businesses amid Murray Street Bridge overhaul
UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development collaborated with the City of Santa Cruz on a student-built website to serve as a hub for local businesses, events and updates on Murray Street Bridge construction.
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Despite partial Murray Street Bridge reopening, businesses continue to hurt
H&H Fresh Fish Co. in the Santa Cruz Harbor has seen an uptick in customers since the city reopened the Murray Street Bridge to eastbound traffic last week. But businesses on the west side of the bridge continue to suffer almost a year into the three-year construction project, and say they’ve lost faith that the city is listening.
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Carmageddon: City hopes to make decision on Murray Street two-way traffic within weeks; RTC’s early steps toward interim trail construction
After the Murray Street Bridge reopened last week for the first time since last June, the City of Santa Cruz is continuing to gauge the feasibility of allowing two-way vehicle and bicycle traffic along the one opened lane, and hopes to make a decision within weeks.