Contra Costa County and Alamo Volunteers Dedicate Iron Horse Trail Rest Plaza and Solar Bike-Repair Station at Camille Avenue

Park planners with Contra Costa County Public Works, rangers from the East Bay Regional Park District, and members of the Alamo Municipal Advisory Council dedicated a shaded permeable stone trailside rest plaza, a stainless-steel bicycle repair workstand, and a chilled hydration fountain on Sunday afternoon at the Camille Avenue and Camino Ramon crossing of the Iron Horse Regional Trail in central Alamo. Stretching thirty-two miles along the historic 1891 Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way from Concord to Pleasanton, the Alamo segment of the Iron Horse Trail carries more than 1,900 daily walkers, school cyclists, and equestrian riders.

In the shaded oak clearing just east of the paved trail prism at Camille Avenue, landscape crews constructed a 1,400-square-foot semicircular rest alcove paved in permeable Sonoma fieldstone pavers so cyclists stopping to adjust gear or hydrate no longer block through-traffic on the twelve-foot asphalt trailway. Three curved Mendocino redwood-and-steel benches and four hitching posts for local equestrians frame the perimeter of the plaza.

At the center of the cyclist pull-out bay, technicians bolted down a heavy-duty Dero Fixit workstand equipped with aircraft-cable-tethered hex wrenches, tire levers, a dual-head high-pressure floor pump with pressure gauge, and a QR maintenance guide. Adjacent to the workstand, a freeze-resistant three-tier stainless-steel drinking fountain provides chilled filtered water for bottles, walkers, and dogs.

The $142,000 trailside plaza was funded through Alamo County Service Area R-7A park reserves and an EBRPD regional trail partnership grant. Interactive trail maps and community park schedules are available on the Contra Costa County Alamo Parks Portal.