Post by Logan on May 9, 2016 7:23:01 GMT -6
A massive plan to widen Interstate 5 in northern San Diego County is set to kick off late this summer and could transform one of the most heavily traveled freeways in the state.
The work is part of the $6.5 billion North Coast Corridor Program — led by the California Department of Transportation and the San Diego Association of Governments — that will ultimately stretch 27 miles from La Jolla to Oceanside. The plan includes an ambitious collection of transportation, environmental, and coastal access projects that will take shape over the next 30 years.
Key among them is adding four express lanes to I-5.
The $700 million first phase of the corridor project will begin in the next several months with freeway work in Encinitas, where an eight-lane bridge that crosses the San Elijo Lagoon will slowly be replaced with a larger, wider structure. Work will also begin on another freeway bridge that crosses the Batiquitos Lagoon in Carlsbad.
The construction is sure to worsen gridlock in an area already clogged with traffic. But for many commuters it can’t start soon enough.
Read more: www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/may/08/interstate-5-widening-project-encinitas/
The work is part of the $6.5 billion North Coast Corridor Program — led by the California Department of Transportation and the San Diego Association of Governments — that will ultimately stretch 27 miles from La Jolla to Oceanside. The plan includes an ambitious collection of transportation, environmental, and coastal access projects that will take shape over the next 30 years.
Key among them is adding four express lanes to I-5.
The $700 million first phase of the corridor project will begin in the next several months with freeway work in Encinitas, where an eight-lane bridge that crosses the San Elijo Lagoon will slowly be replaced with a larger, wider structure. Work will also begin on another freeway bridge that crosses the Batiquitos Lagoon in Carlsbad.
The construction is sure to worsen gridlock in an area already clogged with traffic. But for many commuters it can’t start soon enough.
Read more: www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/may/08/interstate-5-widening-project-encinitas/