San Francisco Bay Trail improvements underway in Sunnyvale

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S.F. Bay Trail is being upgraded in Sunnyvale near Baylands Park.

That line of dump trucks at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale, next to Hwy 237, is making improvements to the San Francisco Bay Trail, unpaved.

The city of Sunnyvale has no involvement, so Santa Clara county is probably behind it, along with the Santa Clara Valley Water District.

All I found was a map, no explanation. Interestingly, it has the Google logo next to the Bay Trail logo. I suspect the road treatment will be the same as done for the trail to the west going to the Stevens Creek Trail. Google paid for that upgrade. I’m not sure about this one.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like the entire trail will be improved. The water district is supposed to do that. When, I don’t know.

One of the maintenance workers “directing traffic” said the treatment would be similar to what Google did in Mountain View.

Phase 2 is a mystery. There’s already a paved trail on that stretch. So is Phase 3. Gold Street can use a bike lane, for sure. The other section of Guadalupe River Trail shown as Phase 3 is nicely paved.

The upgrade turns a rocky dirt road into a smooth all-weather dirt path. Still dirt, but good dirt.