College Boulevard Improvement Project

College Boulevard Improvement Project

College Boulevard is proposed to be widened to a 6-lane major arterial from Olive Drive to Old Grove Road, which would be consistent with the City of Oceanside’s Circulation Element Year 2030 classification of College Boulevard. Along this section, road and right-of-way improvements to the corridor are proposed to enhance existing and future traffic operations, provide congestion relief, and reduce queue lengths, improve safety conditions for the unsignalized intersections and access points along the corridor, and provide safer travel routes for bicyclists and pedestrians. In addition to widening of College Boulevard between Olive Drive and Old Grove Road, the proposed project would include curb/gutter improvements and relocation of utilities to accommodate the widened roadway segment, installation of retaining walls and new landscape parkways, and relocation of bike lanes, lighting, and sidewalks in various locations along College Boulevard between Waring Road/Barnard Drive and Marcella Street and between Olive Drive and Old Grove Road. Expansion of the existing College Boulevard right-of-way (ROW) to accommodate proposed improvements would require ROW acquisition along segments of the corridor. Additional ROW would be required on over approximately 65 properties that are adjacent to the corridor. Lastly, a General Plan Amendment (GPA) is required to revise the Year 2030 classification of College Boulevard from a six (6)-lane major arterial to a four (4)-lane major arterial from Waring Road to Olive Drive in the City of Oceanside’s Circulation Element. Widening of the road between Waring Road and Olive Drive is not being undertaken by the City due to the proximity of residential properties along this particular segment.

Oceanside

San Diego

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region 9 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality

Transportation (Roadway widening/improvements)

General Plan Amendment

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Solid Waste, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire