San Bernardino County to begin Phase IV of Santa Ana River Trail expansion

Residents and visitors alike will soon be able to recreate on the Santa Ana River Trail (SART) from Redlands to Huntington Beach.

The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors announced last week that work on the first extension of the SART Phase IV-A project will begin shortly. This section of the trail will cost $6.8 million and includes 3.9 miles of paved roadway between California Street and Orange Street in Redlands.

The county has completed and opened two sections of the Santa Ana River Trail to the public:

• SART- Phase I was completed in April 2007, extending the trail from La Cadena Avenue in Colton to the Riverside-San Bernardino County line, where it joined Riverside County’s existing trail section.
• SART- Phase II was completed in April 2005, extending the trail from La Cadena Avenue in Colton to Waterman Avenue in San Bernardino.

SART- Phase III is located between Waterman Avenue in San Bernardino and California Street in Redlands. Construction began in September of 2023 and is projected to be completed in December of 2024.

Funding to cover the entire cost of Phase IV-A is provided by a grant from California State Coastal Conservancy.