Commute on San Diego's I-5? New southbound lanes open Wednesday and are expected to reduce commute times in half during peak travel hours. 🚗💨
One chapter of San Diego's largest infrastructure project is finished but the work continues.
"This is part of a much larger project that has been going on for a while. You may recall that previously we opened carpool lanes between Loma Santa Fe and Palomar Airport Road. And also this project is doing lagoon improvements, active transportation improvements as well as double-tracking of the LOSSAN corridor," Caltrans District 11 Director Gustavo Dallarda told NBC 7.
The new lanes are part of the North Coast Corridor project, which started in 2017 and includes construction of sound walls and improvements to highway, rail, pedestrian, and biking infrastructure. Officials said the $79 million HOV lane extension is funded through $3.3 million from regional half-cent sales tax SANDAG TransNet, $3.3 million from the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, and more than $72 million in federal funding.
"The completion of these vital HOV lanes is a win for North County," said SANDAG Second Vice Chair and Solana Beach Mayor Lesa Heebner."Thanks to collaboration of SANDAG and Caltrans, along with the combination of federal, state, and local funding, the completed 13-mile stretch will give carpoolers a safe and reliable option to get where they need to go throughout the North Coast Corridor while reducing emissions.
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