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FROM:
SUBJECT:
WILLIAM HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/ENGINEERING DIVISION
SAI(TA ANA FREEWAY WIDENING BETWEEN ROUTE 1-405 AND NEWPORT AVENUE
RECOMMENDATION:
For the City Council meeting of October 22, 1986.
Authorize staff to send attached letter of concurrence to Caltrans
widening of the Santa Aha Freeway between Route 1-405 and Newport Avenue.
BACKGROUND:
for the
During the review process of the Environmental Document for the Santa Ana Freeway
Widening Project, the City Council expressed their concerns about Alternative 3 of
the widening project and forwarded these concerns to Caltrans along with the
City's support for Alternative 2. Alternative 3 provides for the following in
each direction:
One high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane
One 12 foot wide buffer lane
Five general purpose lanes
One 12 foot wide auxiliary lane
Alternative 2 provides for the following in each direction:
One high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane
Three general purpose lanes
One 12 foot wide auxiliary lane
Caltrans has selected Alternative 3 and is currently proceeding with the
preliminary design of same.
DISCUSSION:
Caltrans has requested a letter from the staff concurring with the widening
concepts and geometrics of the proposed widening project through the City of
Tustin. This letter is required so that the right of way appraisal activities can
be commenced prior.to the final execution of the formal Freeway Agreement by the
City Council.
The attached letter has been prepared and provides for the Caltrans request
without providing definite support for Alternative 3. It merely concurs with the
proposed areas of freeway realignment to provide the least amount of impact to the
community with respect to the widening project.
OCTOBER 15, 1986
PAGE TWO
This letter also provides concurrence based upon the retention of the Red Hill
interchange, inclusion of the Tustin Ranch Road interchange and implementation of
the Jamboree Road interchange as currently proposed.
Bob Ledendecker
Director of Public Works/City Engineer
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Attachment
October 23, 1986
Department of Public Works/EnRinerrinR
Mr. C.K. O'Hara, Senior Transportation Engineer
Project Development Branch B
Caltrans
District 7
P.O. Box 2304
Los Angeles, CA 90051
RE: SANTA ANA FREEWAY WIDENING PROJECT BETWEEN ROUTE 405 AND NEWPORT AVENUE
FILE ~896
Dear Mr. O'Hara:
This letter will provide City staff's concurrence with the conceptual widening
plan for the Santa Ana Freeway as presented with the realignment of the various
segments as follows:
Between Newport Avenue and Red Hill Avenue widening to the north
° Between Red Hill Avenue and Tustin Ranch Road (formerly Jamboree)
widening to the south
Tustin Ranch Road (formerly Jamboree) to Jamboree Road (formerly
Myford) widening on both sides and a 23 + foot shift of the
freeway centerline in the northerly direction
This concurrence is based upon the retention of the Red Hill Avenue/I-5
interchange in its current geometric configuration, the inclusion of the Tustin
Ranch Road/I-5 interchange in its proposed configuration and the Jamboree Road
interchange configuration as it is proposed in its current design.
It is our understanding that this letter of concurrence will allow the right of
way appraisal activities to commence prior to the final execution of the Freeway
Agreement by the City Council.
Very truly yours,
Bob Ledendecker
Director of Public Works/City Engineer
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