What's Going On With The Piles and Piles of Dirt at Rohr Park?

Bonita resident Karen Henry came across a unsettling discovery on her walk through Rohr Park yesterday. The City of Chula Vista has been apparently hard at work on the Rohr Park property.

Question: Are they allowed to work on grading before the final Rohr Park Master Plan is

approved?

Before Photos

From July to November of this year, the path through this area had not changed much in looks. But it was rapidly changing today! Here are photos taken by Ms. Henry on earlier walks.

Photos from left to right: 07.06.25 Stockpile area looking east | 09.08.25 The same area (of current fill dirt) was used for mulch piles previously | 11.06.25 Area with fill dirt stockpiles is right of path looking east | Entrance to current dirt pile area looking west. Trucks enter through open swing gate | Click on images to enlarge.

Dirt Pile 1

Walking the same pathway today, Ms. Henry encountered drastically changed surroundings. Between the path and the golf course fence, roughly 50 loads of fill had been dumped. We'll name this area Dirt Pile 1.

Dirt Pile 1. | Click on image to enlarge

Dirt Pile 2

Ms. Henry reports:

"When I went back to the Rohr Park this afternoon, the trucks were still coming. A new truck arrived every 20+ minutes and dumped its load. 

The area between the dirt trail (path) and the golf course fence was full. 

So, another area adjacent to the ball fields was receiving the loads this afternoon around 2:40 pm.

Dirt Pile 2. This is the area where they want to put their new maintenance yard (relocation of existing maintenance building and storage area) | Click on image to enlarge.

So, another area adjacent to the ball fields was receiving the loads this afternoon around 2:40 pm.

I then followed one of the trucks to a construction site across SR-54 in the City of San Diego-- 2361 Westwood Street. It’s accessed from Reo Drive and Cumberland.

Excavation site is located at 2361 Westwood Street, San Diego | Click on image to enlarge

I spoke briefly to someone at that construction site. The banner said Walsh Construction. 

Apparently, they were excavating 1500 cubic yards. That 0.28 AC lot would become 4 small homes. 

He confirmed that the export trucking operation would not finish today. So, those dirt piles will continue to appear tomorrow.

A dump truck holds between 10 to 16 cubic yards (per google)."

Dirt Pile 2. This land is directly south of the bathroom.The dirt is being loaded into the center of the existing berms. | Click on images to enlarge

Piles were still being added… 18 loads represented here at about 3pm.

At least 4 more loads after this pic. And the operation will continue tomorrow."

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Additional Information

The approximate location is slightly west of the baseball fields and horse arena.

Google map | Click on image to enlarge

I texted the company that has done all my grading in the past and they replied "From the pictures and counting the loads, it looks like they're well over 200 yards." They sent me the following information from Google:

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Night-Time Investigators

This community is wonderful for so many people that are willing to do a little investigating on their own. This group of people went out after dark to see what they could see. They reported that all the baseball field lights were on even though no one was on the field playing.

This team found approximately "89 dumps, minimum 890 cubic yards up to 1,246 cubic yards of mixed construction fill. 19 dumps in area by bathrooms where electric cars used to play, over 70 dumps by golf course, dump south of 3 mile walkway loop."

Is This Dirt Considered Clean Fill?

No. They found "ABS 4 sewer pipe, brick, concrete debris, concrete 1' water main pipe, rocks and cement with rebar. Dirty construction, not clean fill."

Sources: A big thank you to Karen Henry, PE, and all others for their information and photos that helped create this article.—SCS

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