January 31st, 2012

North Coast CorridorA Better Environment for the Future

North Coast Corridor Video

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North Coast Corridor (NCC) is Essential to the Region

•27 miles – six cities – six lagoons

•Economic lifeline for the region

•Different customers, different needs

•40 years of good service

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Part of a Comprehensive Approach

$6.5 billion program $3.5 billion for highway projects $2.8 billion for coastal rail and transit $200 million for natural resource protections and enhancements

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Part of a Comprehensive Approach

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• Adds Express Lanes to accommodate carpools, vanpools and FasTrak®• Ensures reliable travel time• Reduces congestion in general purpose lanes

Part of a Comprehensive Approach

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• Invests $400 million in new coastal rail projects over next five years• Double tracks eight miles over next 10 years• Results in 20-minute headway during commute hours, 60-minute off-peak• Develops Rapid Bus Service along corridor for coastal communities

Part of a Comprehensive Approach

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• Constructs 23 miles of bike and pedestrian paths• Incorporates community character elements• Improves lagoon water quality• Lengthens lagoon bridges for enhanced tidal flows

Selection of Express Lanes Only Project

Express Lanes Only Option• Smallest footprint of all alternatives• Least overall environmental impacts• Minimizes landform alteration/retaining walls• Provide greatest coastal enhancement opportunities

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Consistent with Senate Bill 468• Assures transit and environmental priority• Requires concurrent rail/freeway lagoon

bridge construction• FasTrak® Program to include transit revenue

return in corridor

A Collaborative Approach to the Coastal Process

Public Works Plan (PWP) Continued collaboration with Coastal Commission staff Balanced solution for a unique corridor Comprehensive approach for implementing:

• Design guidelines• Environmental enhancements• Coastal access improvements• Highway and rail projects

Long range plan Result is a net benefit to the coastal

resources in the corridor

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Program Phasing

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Roads Edge Elements: Changes, Challenges & Opportunities

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Objectives• Minimize Footprint• Minimize Visual Impact of Walls• Preserve Plantable Median• Maintain Coastal Character• Reduce Right of Way Impacts

Roads Edge Elements: Changes, Challenges & Opportunities

Integrating Coastal Access & Bridge Design

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PossibilitiesExisting

Roads Edge Elements: Changes, Challenges & Opportunities

Future Bridge Design Considerations

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Design Elements• Project footprint• Context sensitivity• Coastal access accommodation• Visual scale• Bridge rail• Bridge length (optimization

studies being conducted)• Coastal/lagoon views• Biological resources interface

Continue collaboration with Coastal Commission staff, local agencies and public

Public review of Draft PWP (Summer 2012) Complete Express Lanes Final EIR (Late 2012) Submit PWP to Coastal Commission (late 2012) Begin construction of I-5 HOV extension from

Manchester Avenue to SR 78(late 2013)

Next Steps

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