SCH Number 2007081071

Project Info

Title

VEN/SB 101 HOV Project

Description

On a national level, the State Route 101 (SR-101)/US-101 is part of the National Highway System and has been identified by the Federal Department of Transportation and the Department of Defense as a route in the Strategic Highway Corridor Network and is classified as an urban freeway. On a statewide level, it is part of the State Freeway and Expressway System and is a designated Focus Route on the Interregional Road System. Due to the number of trucks that utilize the route, it is also a State Highway Extra Legal Load Route and part of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act Truck Network. The segment of the SR-101/US-101 freeway connects Ventura County to Santa Barbara County and operates as a four-lane expressway to freeway, respectively. The original two-lane highway was completed in 1938, and in 1951, the two-lane highway was expanded to four lanes, and the existing median barrier was originally constructed in 1985. In 2022, Caltrans completed construction of improvements as proposed in the MND/FONSI prepared for the Ventura/Santa Barbara HOV Project (approved December 12, 2008 under Caltrans EA 07-26070/SCH No. 2007081071). The constructed improvements also included proposed design changes as outlined in a previous Addendum/Reevaluation to the aforementioned MND/FONSI approved June 1, 2010 under the same EA/SCH Number. In total, the following improvements were constructed/implemented: • Construction of High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes within the existing median of Highway 101 between the Mobil Pier Undercrossing and the Ventura County/Santa Barbara County line • Replacement of the freeway median barrier between the Mobil Pier Undercrossing and the Ventura County/Santa Barbara County line • Closure of median openings at three locations between Mussel Shoals and Rincon Point • Creation of an emergency vehicle access way through the median barrier at La Conchita • Installation of acceleration and deceleration lanes at Mussel Shoals and La Conchita • Construction of a Class I, two-directional bike and pedestrian lane along the coastal side of Highway 101 as part of the California Coastal Trail (CCT) project • Placement of an Intelligent Transportation Systems Changeable Message Sign (CMS) along the along the northbound side of Highway 101 between the communities of La Conchita and Rincon Point • Construction of a new pedestrian undercrossing (PUC) at La Conchita • Construction of freeway soundwalls along the eastern boundary of the Mussel Shoals Community • Construction of the parking lot where traffic calming improvements are currently being proposed in the Punta Gorda area between Mussel Shoals and Mobil Pier Road

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