January 31 st, 2012 North Coast Corridor A Better Environment for the Future

North Coast Corridor Video 2

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 3

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 4

Part of a Comprehensive Approach 5 Adds Express Lanes to accommodate carpools, vanpools and FasTrak® Ensures reliable travel time Reduces congestion in general purpose lanes

Part of a Comprehensive Approach 6 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 7 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 8  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 9

Program Phasing 10

Roads Edge Elements: Changes, Challenges & Opportunities 11  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 12 PossibilitiesExisting

Roads Edge Elements: Changes, Challenges & Opportunities Future Bridge Design Considerations 13  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 14