I-5/El Toro Road Interchange Project
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2019049006
Lead Agency
California Department of Transportation, District 12
Document Title
I-5/El Toro Road Interchange Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Residential, recreational, commercial, and educational
Document Description
Note: Review Extended Per Lead
Two Build Alternatives (including Design Option B} and the No Build Alternative are being considered (Alternative 2 - Flyover and Alternative 4 - Southbound Collector Distributor and Hook Ramps [includes Design Opt ion BJ). The Build Alternatives are in Orange County at the 1-5/EI Toro Road Interchange wit h in the cities of Laguna Hills, Lake Forest, and Laguna Woods. The project limits extend from 0.1 mile south of Los Alisos Boulevard Overcrossing (PM 17.8) to 0.4 mile north of Ridge Route Drive (PM 19.7), and on El Toro Road from Rockfield Bouleva rd to Paseo De Valencia. The total length of the project limits is 1.9 miles. The purpose of the proposed project is to improve traffic flow and traffic signal optimization, to reduce traffic congestion at and through adjacent local street intersections, and to reduce freeway ramp queuing.
Contact Information
Name
Gabriela Duran
Agency Name
California Department of Transportation District 12
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Agency Name
Gabriela Duran, Caltrans District 12
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Laguna Hills, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest
Counties
Orange
Cross Streets
Interstate 5 and El Toro Road
Total Acres
~141
Parcel #
Various
State Highways
I-5
Railways
SCRRA
Schools
Multiple (3)
Waterways
Aliso Creek
Township
4S
Range
8W
Section
9
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Air Resources Board, California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW)
Development Types
Transportation (Interchange improvement)
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Fiscal Impacts, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Attachments
Environmental Document
NOC
State Comments
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