North Coast I-5 Corridor Controversy
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Because the I-5 freeway expansion project is so important to a large segment of clients we serve, we have created this page to provide useful & comprehensive information. This is a complex issue. Our goal on this page is to provide comprehensive, unbiased information rather than take a position. We are including lots of information -- from all points of view. We are updating this page frequently. Getting all this information in one easy-to-review location was not easy but is critical to us as real estate experts & information leaders serving clients throughout coastal North County. We hope this page is as useful to you as it is to us.

If you know of information that should be included on this page that would serve the purpose of informing, please send the link or document to ScottyPeck@gmail.com.
 

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Key Information Links
News Reports in Chronological Order
Key Dates
Specific Solana Beach information

Key Information Links

• "North Coast I-5 Corridor" information site.  "Keep San Diego Moving." The TransNet Dashboard, created by SANDAG in collaboration with Caltrans and the engineering firm PBS&J, This site provides lots of official information. Click here
   

• Cross section visual view of 4 alternatives. Click here
   

• Caltrans I-5 2-page Project Brochure. Click here
   

• 1,000 page draft EIR (Environmental Impact Report).
  http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist11/Env_docs/I-5NCCDraft.html
   

• P.L.A.G.U.E. (Prevent Los Angeles Gridlock Usurping Environment) "is a community action group that opposes Caltrans' (State of California) from turning San Diego into a Los Angeles-like concrete jungle." Click here
   

• CAFE (Citizens Against Freeway Expansion) led by Solana Beach resident Steve Goetsch. No website yet to our knowledge. Email Steve Goetsch

News Reports in Chronological Order
 

• February 12, 2010, KPBS, Editors Roundtable: "San Diego's Transportation Future." Click here
   

• June 16, 2010. KPBS, These Days: "Cal Trans Proposes Enlarging I-5" Click here
   

• June 18,2010 KBPS, Editors Roundtable: "Reducing Traffic Congestion In North County"
  Click here

• August 4, 2010 KPBS, These Days: "Public Gets Information on I-5 Expansion" Click here
   

• August 12, 2010 Del Mar Times article about Caltrans Meeting in Encinitas.
  NOTE: This article includes a very clear summary of the alternatives under debate.
  Here is the summary copied as is from this article:
  
  The alternative plans are:
  
  - The" 8+4 buffer" alternative adds four managed lanes, separated from general purpose lanes by striping. This alternative adds 100 feet, 50 feet on both sides, and would require the acquisition of 10 businesses and 50 residential homes. 24 acres of coastal wetlands and 70 acres of coastal sage scrub would be impacted.
  
  - "8 +4 barrier" alternative adds four managed lanes that are separated by a barrier wall. This extends the freeway 63 feet on both sides and would require the acquisition of 11 businesses and 104 residential homes. 29 acres of coastal wetlands and 73 acres of coastal sage scrub would be impacted.
  
  - The "10+4" buffer alternative adds two general-purpose lanes between Del Mar Heights and SR-78 and four managed lanes separated by striping. The estimated $3.8 billion plan would require the acquisition of 10 businesses and 53 homes, impacting 27 acres of coastal wetlands and 73 acres of coastal sage scrub. This alternative would widen the freeway 122 feet, bringing it from 132 feet across to 254 feet across.
  
  - The "10+4" barrier alternative also adds two general-purpose lanes and four managed lanes but separates the managed lanes with a wall barrier. This plan would require the acquisition of 13 businesses and 112 homes and impact 32 acres of coastal wetlands and 74 acres of coastal sage scrub. The widest footprint of all the alternatives, it adds 75 feet on both sides of the freeway and more than doubles the total width from 132 feet to 282 feet.
  
  All alternatives propose habitat restoration, improving coastal access and improved water quality of the lagoon environments. There will also be some streetscape improvements, including a landscape project on Ida Avenue in Solana Beach.

        For the full article, click here

• August 16, 2010 "2 Citizens Groups fight I-5 Expansion" Signon San Diego. Click here
   

• August 18, 2010 These Days on KPBS "Is I-5 Expansion an Environmental Disaster?"
  Click here
   

• August 18, 2010 Del Mar Times: "Torrey Pines planning group tackles issues on I-5 widening"
  Click here
   

• August 19, 2010 Coast News, "Residents Sound Off About I-5 Expansion. Click here
   

• August 19, 2010, Signon San Diego, "Caltrans Declines Invitation to Attend Town Hall on I-5 Expansion Tonight." Click here
   

• August 19, 2010, KPBS, "Opposition Mobilizing Against I-5 Expansion" Click here
   

• August 20, 2010, San Diego Union Tribune, "Citizen Groups Rally Neighbors to Halt I-5 Expansion" Click here

   

  
   

Key Dates

• July 27, 2010. First Caltrans public meeting on I-5 expansion report by KPBS.
  Click here for KPBS article reporting on this meeting.
   

• August 12, 2010 Encinitas, Caltrans presentation meeting.
  Click here for Del Mar Times article
   

• August 17, 2010 (5-8 p.m.) Caltrans presentation meeting.
  Carlsbad's Faraday Center, Room 173A-173B
   

• August 19th, 2010 7-9 pm: Town Hall meeting at Solana Beach Presbyterian Church. For the announcement of this meeting by "Citizens Against Freeway Expansion" (CAFÉ),
  click here
   

• Aug. 24, 2010 (5-8 p.m.) Caltrans presentation meeting.
  Solana Beach's Skyline Elementary School, Activity Room
   

• Sept. 9, 2010 (5-8 p.m.) Caltrans presentation meeting:
  Oceanside High School, Multipurpose Room
   

• October 7. Deadline for input to Caltrans.

Specific Solana Beach Information

• Caltrans "Potential Parcel Impacts for Solana Beach" showing impact on properties for each of the four expansion options. There would be no "full" property acquisitions for any of the 4 options, but there would be varying degress of "partial parcel acquisition" for each of the four options. This document gives parcel #s rather than addresses. Click here.
   

• Specific list of potentially impacted properties in Solana Beach, with addresses, that might be affected. This list was supplied by Steve Goetsch. Click here.
   

• Draft of a proposed letter to Santa Fe Hills Homeowners from Steve Goetsch,
  a Solana Beach resident. Click here.
   

• Map of homes close to freeway I-5 Expansion on east side of I-5 in Solana Beach.