Vallejo Residents Lament Loss Of Access To Mare Island

By John Ramos, CBS San Francisco

April 25, 2022

In the city of Vallejo, there are big plans for redeveloping the old Navy property on Mare Island but, in the process, residents are complaining that the public is being left out and perhaps shut out from any recreational activities on the island.

A group of residents met Sunday to discuss strategy for restoring public access to the island. Those who use the area for recreation say almost everything has been shut down.

First to go was the golf course in 2019. Since then, the nature preserve has had its hours cut back, the indoor sports complex has been shuttered and the historic brick building of the Mare Island Museum has been closed permanently. Even the nature preserve visitor center, a concrete building that once stored bombs, has been shut down as an earthquake risk.

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