North Coast I-5 Corridor Controversy
Information Page

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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
Latest at Bottom

 

  • 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.
    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
     

  • August 20, 2010, San Diego Union Tribune, "Big Plans in Store for Del Mar Area Roadway"
    Click here

     

  • August 24, 2010, San Diego 6, "I-5 Expansion Plan Sparks Debate in Solana Beach,
    Click here

     

  • August 24, 2010, North County Times, "Solana Beach: Freeway Expansion Protest,"
    Click here

     

  • September 4, 2010, North County Times, "I-5 Widening Would Pinch Hundreds of North County Properties"
    Click here

     

  • September 7, 2010, NBC News, "San Diego, Residents May Be Forced Out"
    Click here

     

  • September 8, 2010, North County Times, "Caltrans Considering Extension of I-5 Comment Deadline"
    Click here

     

  • September 9, 2010, 760 Talk Radio, "Homeowners Try to Throw a Roadblock at I-5 Widening"
    Click here

     

  • September 14, 2010, Del Mar Times, "I-5 Widening Debate Continues at Opponents' Meeting"
    Click here

     

  • September 15, 2010, Ah Ha Rancho Santa Fe News, "Hundreds Turn Out to Yet Another Interstate 5 Lane Widening Opposition Meeting"
    Click here

     

  • September 16, 2010, North County Times, "Effinger: I-5 Widening & the Wider Debate"
    Click here

     

  • September 22, 2010, San Diego Union Tribune, "Caltrans to Extend I-5 Widening Comment Period"
    Click here

     

  • November 8, 2010 KPBS "I-5 Faces Skeptical Audience"
    Click here

     

  • November 8, 2010 N. County Times "Agency Says Restrict I-5 Expansion to 4 Lanes"
    Click here

     

  • November 9, 2010 San Diego UT "5 Options: Which do you prefer?"
    Click here  To see how people voted, 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
     

  • Sept 13, 2010 (7-9 pm) Town Hall Meeting, Encinitas Community Center, Citizens Against Freeway Expansion
     

  • 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 with the 8+4 with buffer alternative. This list was supplied by Steve Goetsch. Click here.
     

  • Specific list of potentially impacted properties in Solana Beach, with addresses, that might be affected with the 10+4 with buffer alternative. 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.