#5 freeway express lane update#
#5 freeway express lane series#

It is during this phase that the expansion will push through the densest residential communities. Phase 3 will complete the four express lanes all the way to the San Luis Rey River. These lanes will be added to the outside edges of of the freeway. Phase 2, adds two express lanes from La Jolla to Palomar Road. If sound barriers in the back of homes block views, they will be built with clear material, according ot plans.ДЄlso as part of Phase 1, eight miles of double-tracking will be added to the rail corridor durng the next five years, said Kossup. No ocean views will be lost, the planners say. Two dedicated ramps - at Cannon in Carlsbad and another in Oceanside have been dropped, said Kossup. The other, at Voight Drive near UCSD is being redesigned for a much lower profile. These have been reduced to two and one of them, moved slightly north of Manchester Avenue, actually comes in under the freeway to feed traffic to the express lanes. Originally the plan called for four dedicated 'flyover' ramps that would feed vehicles directly into the express lanes. No widening of the highway in the first 10 years is required. Phase 1 of the expansion would add one internal express lane in each direction, between Manchester Avenue to the south and State Route 78 in Oceanside. It serves essentially as a work permit from the coast panel, good for the 40 years of the project. Residents looking for the 'devil in the details' will be paying close attention to this document, which after public hearings and apdoption, goes to the state Coastal Commission for approval. The highway expansion is part of a larger $6 billion transportation project that includes double-tracking of the coastal railroad corridor lagoon restoration and lengthening of bridges over lagoons and the addition of 23 miles of bike and pedestrian routes.Д«efore beginning Phase 1, Caltrans, the Federal Highway Administration and its partners must develop what is called a Public Works Plan - a document that will detail the actual work, impacts and time table. If all goes according to schedule, the first phase of the four-phase, 40-year project, could begin in 2013, according to Allan Kosup, CaltransвЂ™ I-5 corridor director. While hardly the end of the review process, вЂњthis is a good day for the project,вЂќ said regional Caltrans director Laurie Berman on Wednesday. The bill is still alive but has morphed into an endorsement of the option picked by Caltrans today.ДЄ spokeswoman for Kehoe said the senator is 'pleased' by the choice made by Caltrans.

Caltrans officials sifted through as many as 5,000 comments submitted on the project, a spokesman said.ДЄt one point, state Senator Christine Kehoe submitted a bill, SB-468 which required North County coastal mass transit projects be built out before highway construction could begin. Residents and advocates for public transportation and environment presented views that ranged from вЂњgo bigвЂќ to donвЂ™t build at all.

#5 freeway express lane series#

The call comes after a planning process that really began in 2004 and reached a crescendo last year with a series of workshops and hearings on the four alternatives - the largest of which required the addition of six lanes, with concrete barriers separating express and common lanes. Originally published 5:17 p.m., July 6, 2011, updated 6:08 p.m., July 6, 2011Д¬altrans has made its choice for the expansion of 27 miles of Interstate 5 through North County, picking the least intrusive of the four possible options: the $3.5-billion addition of four carpool-express lanes (two in each direction), separated only by paint striping.

Д¬altrans picks express-lanes-only option for I-5

#5 freeway express lane update#

An update on planned expansion for HOV lanes along Interstate 5 between La Jolla and Oceanside.