SANTA CRUZ — With Seabright and Santa Cruz Harbor businesses sounding the alarm in recent months over lost revenue due to the closure of the Murray Street Bridge, the Santa Cruz City Council directed city staff to explore options to bolster affected businesses earlier this month, and they delivered their findings to the governing body at its meeting Tuesday afternoon.

On Aug. 12, the City Council approved a motion to direct staff to work with the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission to create a temporary pedestrian and bicycle path on the harbor rail bridge parallel to the Murray Street Bridge and to study the feasibility of offering free and reduced parking in Seabright. Additionally, officials sought to reestablish the Santa Cruz Metro bus route to lower Seabright, off

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