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MAY 11 1991
TO: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
FROM: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/ENGINEERING DIVISION
SUBJECT: STATUS REPORT -EL CAMINO REAL RECONSTRUCTION AND WIDENING
RECOMMENDATION
Receive and File.
BACKGROUND
Caltrans as a part of the Santa Ana (1-5) freeway widening is in
the process of relocating, reconstructing and widening E1 Camino
Real between Orange Street and Red Hill Avenue. -
Additionally as.a part. of the freeway widening project, Caltrans
has acquired additional properties easterly and adjacent to the
Tustin High School parking lot to provide for a replacement of land
acquired by Caltrans for the relocation of E1 Caininb Real.
Caltrans has informed the City that this additional land will be
cleared of existing buildings and made available to the school
district on or about July 151 1991. It is our further
understanding that the school district will commence construction
on their parking lot reconstruction on or about mid July, 1991.
DISCUSSION
E1 Camino Real in its completed status will function as a secondary
arterial highway within an eighty foot wide right-of-way and a
distance between curbs of sixty four feet. Ultimate pavement
markings will provide for four travel lanes (2 each direction) and
a continuous twelve foot protected left turn lane. All on -street
parking along both sides of E1 Camino Real between Orange Street
and Red Hill Avenue will be prohibited. This traffic
channelization and prohibition of parking will provide the maximum
amount of traffic safety to the school district and the community.
In the interim during the construction of the Tustin High School
parking lot, E1 Camino Real between Orange Street and Red Hill
Avenue will be marked for one travel lane in the westbound
direction, and on -street parking will be allowed on the north side
of the street adjacent to Tustin High School. Once the school
parking lot has been completed, the ultimate pavement markings will
be placed and the on -street parking adjacent to the school will be
removed. It is anticipated that this should occur sometime in
September -October of 1991.
The southerly side
travel lane in the
Caltrans contractor
construction from E1
,f E1 Camino Real will also function as one
eastbound direction until such time as the
no longer requires access to the freeway
Camino Real.
_ This is an information only memo and no City Council action except
for receive and file is required.
Bob Ledendecker
Director of Public Works/City Engineer
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