Regional Transportation Plan Amendment #2

The Santa Barbara County Association of Governments is providing notice of its intention to amend Fast Forward 2040, the Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP-SCS).  The purpose of Amendment No. 2 is to add an operational improvement project at the first U.S. 101 southbound off-ramp at the Milpas Street interchange in the City of Santa Barbara. Amendment #2 adds this project to Fast Forward 2040 as a programmed project.  All project phases are included – environmental, preliminary engineering, design, right of way, and construction.  This project was identified as a traffic mitigation location for the South Coast 101 High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes project due to the fact that operations on the ramp are expected to degrade below an acceptable level sometime after the project is complete (between project opening year and forecast horizon year of the RTP – 2040). The project would add a second lane on the ramp to provide dual right-turn lanes at the ramp junction intersection. Project cost estimates are $480,000 for the project development (environmental and design), and $1 million for construction.  The funding for this project will come from CA Senate Bill 1 (SB1) funding sources.  SB1 funding sources were not considered during the development of Fast Forward 2040. The project does not require offsets for Fast Forward 2040 and therefore remains fiscally constrained.

SBCAG is holding a hearing to receive public comment on this amendment.

The hearing will be held:

Date:      Monday, April 8, 2019
Time:      4:00 P.M.
Place:     SBCAG Office, Casa Nueva
                Wisteria Conference Room
                260 N. San Antonio Road, Ste. B
                Santa Barbara, CA

If you cannot attend the hearing, you may still submit written comments up until Friday, April 12, 2019.  You may e-mail them to Andrew Orfila (e-mail: aorfila@sbcag.org) or mail them to SBCAG at 260 North San Antonio Road, Suite B, Santa Barbara, CA 93110.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations to participate in the meeting should contact SBCAG at least three working days prior to the meeting at (805) 961-8900. 

For more information, call SBCAG at 961-8900.  Favor de llamar a SBCAG al 961-8900, para más información del reunión.