Out-of-town developers are trying to turn over 2,000 acres of farmland into industrial space with warehouses and an autonomous vehicle racetrack. Newport Beach developer Newport Pacific Land, Long Beach developer Floriani Development and cross-Pacific real estate investor Chenco Holding are backing the project.

They estimate that their project will add 25,000 daily truck and vehicle trips to our local roads and leave us with low-paying jobs and pollution. The proposed entrance/exit point to the Strada Verde project at Betabel and US 101 will require all vehicles accessing the site from San Benito County to either travel north on Hwy 25 to US 101 South or travel west on Hwy 156 to US 101 North. Many of those 25,000 vehicles will be coming from San Benito County, thus adding to the already untenable traffic on Hwy 25 and Hwy 156.