CALTRANS. From Caltrans‘ Highway 1 Rehabilitation Project: State Route 1 Multi-Asset Roadway Rehabilitation Project. Released October 2022.
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“To clarify the State Route 1 Multi-Asset Roadway Rehabilitation Project Final Environmental Document is an Initial Study with Negative Declaration (IS-ND).
An Environmental Impact Report (EIR) as you referenced is a higher level document, which this project did not qualify for.”
John Gretsch-Seal, Environmental Scientist, San Francisco and San Mateo Office of Environmental Analysis; Division of Environmental Planning and Engineering; California Department of Transportation – District 4
From the Midcoast Community Council (MCC) Fall 2022 newsletter.
This Fall, the MCC approved a comment letter on a Caltrans Draft Initial Study with Proposed Negative Declaration for the State Route 1 Multi-Asset Roadway Rehabilitation Project (EA 04-0Q130) (July 21st, 2022) asking for continued, active communication between Caltrans and all the partners to address community concerns. The location of the project is shown in the map above.
Full Presentation for 7/21/22
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The MCC expects Caltrans to adapt their proposed plans to meet our community’s concerns, including possible adverse aesthetic impacts from the urban/industrial look of the proposed Midwest guardrails in a rural/coastal scenic corridor. We asked Caltrans to provide diagrams for clarification of proposed lanes, shoulders, street parking, and bicycle lanes for thorough public review. The MCC also requested that Caltrans provide an assessment of the condition of the existing guardrails to understand the context of their request for full replacement of ALL existing guardrails, and for photos and specifications for the proposed guardrail ‘crash cushions’. The Council questioned Caltrans’ assessment of climate change-related risks and asked for a reassessment based on the most recent science and local data. The Council also reiterated keeping the SR-1 Medio Creek culvert as a safe pedestrian under-crossing at SR-1 (picture above).
In response to County Planning’s need for traffic flow information, the MCC expressed a preference for roadway embedded inductive loop traffic sensors at Capistrano, Coronado, Frenchman’s Creek, and SR-92 – instead of cameras – since the City of Half Moon Bay and the Midcoast previously expressed objections to cameras during the 2021 public sessions for the proposed Multi-Asset project (Caltrans Project 2K880 State Route 1 Traffic Operational Systems Improvements Project Negative Declaration).
San Mateo County is the lead agency for the Coastal Development Permit (CDP) in the unincorporated area. A CDP is required for all public works projects in the Coastal Zone. This project is in the coastal zone and would be governed in part by the County’s Local Coastal Program (LCP) and will require a Coastal Development Permit (CDP) or exemption from CDP requirements and will be appealable to the California Coastal Commission (CCC). It is with that sensitivity that we offered the comment letter on August 25, 2022, to Caltrans district 4, as the lead agency for environmental review (CEQA) and to the other parties to this project.
Questions or Comments
“To clarify the State Route 1 Multi-Asset Roadway Rehabilitation Project Final Environmental Document is an Initial Study with Negative Declaration (IS-ND).
An Environmental Impact Report (EIR) as you referenced is a higher level document, which this project did not qualify for.”
John Gretsch-Seal, Environmental Scientist, San Francisco and San Mateo Office of Environmental Analysis; Division of Environmental Planning and Engineering; California Department of Transportation – District 4
(510) 549-6091, John.Seal@dot.ca.gov
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Midcoast Community Council 2022
MCC: midcoastcommunitycouncil@gmail.com
P.O. Box 248, Moss Beach, CA 94038
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Claire Toutant, Chair – Term Ends: Dec. 2022
Phone: 650-676-5847
Email: midcoast.claire@gmail.com
Gregg Dieguez, Vice Chair – Term Ends: Dec. 2024
Phone: 650-544-0714
Email: MCCGreggD@gmail.com
Len Erickson, Secretary – Term Ends: Dec. 2022
Phone: 650-400-3175
Email: lenericksonmcc@gmail.com
Michelle Weil, Treasurer – Term Ends: Dec. 2022
Phone: 650-535-2506
Email: michelleweilmcc@gmail.com
Dave Olson, Member – Term Ends: Dec. 2022
Phone: 650-387-3618
Email: daveolsonmcc@gmail.com
Jill Grant, Member – Term Ends: Dec. 2024
Phone: 415-940-3392
Email: JillGrant.MidcoastCC@gmail.com
Dan Haggerty, Member – Term Ends: Dec. 2024
Phone: 650-212-6026
Email : midcoastdan@gmail.com