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Bicycle Infrastructure Improvements Continue in 2020

 

Rose Creek Update

Progress Continues on the Rose Creek Bikeway

SANDAG March 2020

Over the past several months, SANDAG construction crews made significant progress constructing the 2-mile long Rose Creek Bikeway that runs along Santa Fe Street between the cul-de-sac at the northern end (south of SR 52) and the new Mission Bay Drive under crossing (north of Garnet Avenue). Recent construction activities on Santa Fe Street included:

  • Working on utilities and relocating electrical power service
  • Installing curb and gutter, green street storm water treatment features, and driveway improvements along the east side
  • Forming and pouring curb and gutter on the west side

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Other construction milestones achieved on the Rose Creek Bikeway project over the last few months included demolition of existing curb and gutters, continued drainage improvements and utility work, landscaping, and invasive plant removal around the trail and pedestrian bridge.

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While significant progress has been made to date, there are many critical items that need to be completed before the new bikeway will be safe to ride. SANDAG reminds potential users that the entire Rose Creek Bikeway project area is an active construction zone and trespassing on the path is prohibited. The project is expected to be complete and open to the public in the fall of 2020. To learn more about the project, please visit KeepSanDiegoMoving.com/RoseCreekBikeway.

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Beginning February 03, 2020 at 6am, temporary full closure of Ocean Beach Bike Path from Pacific Hwy to Morena Blvd. as crews repave bike path & install a handrail. Path anticipated to reopen by 6pm on 2/28. Please use detours and follow signage.

Temporary full closure of Ocean Beach bike path starts February 3rd, 2020
February 02, 2020 sdnews.com

During the closure, crews will perform multiple construction activities including repaving the bike path and installing a handrail. Please follow the detour routes and use caution when traveling in the work area.

  • The bike path full closure will begin at 6 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 3 and will last for approximately four weeks. The bike path is anticipated to reopen by 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28.
  • Signage will be in place to direct cyclists and pedestrians.
  • Due to the complexity of the work, closures can be postponed at any time without notice. View closure updates at ShiftSanDiego.com, Facebook.com/MidCoastTrolley, or Twitter.com/MidCoastTrolley.

 

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Buffered Bike Lanes to be Added to Hwy. 101 in Cardiff

Beginning in February 2020, work will begin on the addition of buffered bike lanes on State Highway 101 from the Cardiff’s southern border with Solana Beach up to Chesterfield Drive. This work will impact both vehicle and bicycling traffic traveling in both directions during the construction period, which is expected to end in May 2020.

Specifically, the South Highway 101 Safety and Mobility Improvements project will add buffered bike lanes with bollards on both sides of the 101 between Chesterfield Drive and the City boundary just south of the South Cardiff State Beach parking lot. The project will restripe the pavement with narrower traffic lanes as a traffic calming measure. When finished, this project will provide a safe, contiguous bicycle network for recreational and experienced users.

The company doing the work is Blue Pacific Engineering and Construction. We wanted to make you aware of this project and keep you updated during construction. Thank you for your patience during the construction of these buffered bike lanes.

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Cardiff-by-the-Sea Conceptual Master Plan Wins ALSA Award

We’re proud to have won an award for the San Elijo Corridor Conceptual Plan from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ALSA). Their mission is to lead, to educate and to participate in the careful stewardship, wise planning and artful design of our cultural and natural environments.

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City of Encinitas Leucadia Streetscape Plan

For more than a decade, the City of Encinitas has been developing a major streetscape project commonly known as Leucadia Streetscape, to enhance mobility, parking, and add traffic calming measures along the North Coast Highway 101. The Leucadia Streetscape infrastructure project also includes many elements to improve traffic flow, encourage pedestrian and bicycle use, as well as add approximately 1,000 new trees in addition to the preservation of 92.5% of the existing tree canopy for a total of 1,113 trees growing along the 101 corridor.

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Groundbreaking is scheduled to begin in Fall 2020.

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More Encinitas City Projects

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After 10 months of construction, Del Mar wraps up the long-awaited Streetscape project. Photo courtesy of the City of Del Mar.

Del Mar wraps up long-awaited Streetscape project
Lexy Brodt November 7, 2019 thecoastnews.com

Mayor Dave Druker said residents have so far been “pretty enthusiastic” about the final product. He said the outcome drives home the idea of Camino Del Mar becoming “more of a parkway than just a highway.”

Those trees will slowly mature and make it even more lush,” he said. “ … I think most of the people agree that it is pretty much what they were looking for.”

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Del Mar Downtown Streetscape Project

During a 10-month, $8.3 million construction program in 2019, the Downtown Streetscape Project transformed the aging and mismatched surfaces of Del Mar’s business district with new sidewalks, trees, landscaping, street furniture, pavement and lane striping. The project included major upgrades of street lighting, drainage and irrigation on Camino del Mar between Plaza and 9th streets.

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The Downtown Streetscape Project will bring new sidewalks, paving, bike lanes, crosswalks, trees and landscaping to seven blocks of Camino del Mar between 9th and Plaza streets.

Rose Canyon Bike Path: July 2019

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Entrance to re-located Rose Canyon bicycle path. Photos courtesy of SANDAG

Newly Relocated Rose Canyon Bike Path Opens for July 4th Holiday
Debbie L. Sklar July 4, 2019 timesofsandiego.com

The newly relocated and upgraded Rose Canyon Bike Path opened to the public on Wednesday afternoon, in time for the July 4th holiday.

Relocating and upgrading the Rose Canyon Bike Path was necessary to support construction of the Mid-Coast Trolley, to allow space for two new light rail tracks for the future Trolley and a second heavy rail track for the passenger and freight trains that run through the canyon. When the Trolley opens in late 2021, this complete corridor will provide San Diegans with efficient multi-modal transportation choices.

The approximately one-and-a-half mile stretch of upgraded bike path runs along Interstate 5 (I-5) from the northernmost point of Santa Fe Street to Gilman Drive/La Jolla Colony Drive and will be used by more than 400 bicyclists daily.
The approximately one-and-a-half mile stretch of upgraded bike path runs along Interstate 5 (I-5) from the northernmost point of Santa Fe Street to Gilman Drive/La Jolla Colony Drive and will be used by more than 400 bicyclists daily.

The new bike path features 2,100 tons of new asphalt pavement and more than 7,000 feet of new fencing and guardrail. Additional upgrades include striped lanes, underground utilities, and landscaping. Storm drainage has also been improved to prevent future flooding in this area, something that previously impacted cyclists and pedestrians traveling through Rose Canyon.

A 1,000-foot section of the new bike path, near Gilman Drive/La Jolla Colony Drive, will remain unfinished while crews complete construction of the Mid-Coast Trolley underpass. This section is anticipated to open in early 2020.

EDIT: (December 13, 2019) The realigned Rose Canyon Bike Path is now open! MCTC crews completed paving the final section of the path this afternoon. Thank you for your patience during construction!

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Rolling like a boss on the new surface of the updated Rose Canyon Bikeway!

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MidCoastAlert: This summer, two sections of the Rose Canyon Bike Path will be relocated to the newly constructed permanent bike path. Please watch for signs.

Permanent Realignment of Rose Canyon Bike Path: In summer 2019, two sections of the Rose Canyon Bike Path will be relocated to the newly constructed permanent bike path. A portion of the temporary bike path that is now located on the shoulder of Interstate 5 will move to the newly constructed path by Monday, June 17, 2019. A second portion of the temporary bike path, now located along I-5 from north of Santa Fe Street to just north of SR-52, will move to the newly constructed path by Wednesday, July 3, 2019. Signs will be posted directing cyclists to the new permanent bike path. Please use caution when traveling near the work zone.

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MidCoastAlert: In the past few weeks, parking has been removed along the east side of Santa Fe St., from 5965 to 5097 Santa Fe St., for Rose Creek Bikeway construction. Please watch for parking removal signage.

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Rose Creek Bikeway Project: July 2019 Newsletter

Rose Creek Bikeway Project:  2018 Year in Review

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A paved section of the new bikeway at the Mission Bay Drive underpass, which shows the significant construction progress that has been made. Photo: sdnews.com

New underpass and bridge move Rose Creek Bikeway closer to 2020 completion
Dave Schwab July 24, 2019 sdnews.com

The Rose Creek Bikeway is more than 50 percent complete and is anticipated to open to the public by mid-2020, and the bicycling community couldn’t be more pleased.

It’s an important connection for both commuters and recreational bicyclists that will be a separated Class I bike path that connects existing sections of the Rose Canyon and Rose Creek bike paths in the City of San Diego,” said Andy Hanshaw, executive director of the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition.

“The Rose Creek Bikeway provides connectivity and accessibility for non-car centric mobility options,” said Kristin Victor, who’s helping create an EcoDistrict in Pacific Beach.

The Friends of Rose Creek is thrilled to see the amazing progress on the Rose Creek Bikeway and look forward to the grand opening when the community will gain access to new areas of Rose Creek,” said Karin Zirk of Friends of Rose Creek.

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With the mid-coast trolley line currently under construction, the Rose Creek Bikeway will also be an important connector to those wishing to access the trolley from Pacific Beach, UTC, Sorrento Valley and UC San Diego areas,” Hanshaw said.

It’s an exciting time to see implementation taking place for long-planned bikeways designed to give safe, connected networks for folks to choose to bicycle more to get to/from work and to move around the region. We look forward to more projects coming on line in the next few years, and know that this will result in increased ridership, safer streets and healthier communities,” Hanshaw said.

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Crews installing a new curb along the west side of Santa Fe Street.

Victor noted creation of the Rose Creek Bikeway gives coastal communities more transportation options. “It gives the opportunity to create prosperity with the integration of safe parkland,  bicycle and pedestrian pathways along the creek supporting the equity, resilience and climate protection imperatives of the Pacific Beach EcoDistrict and connectivity to the future Pacific Beach/Balboa Area Transit station,” she said.

Zirk noted Rose Creek Bikeway could be a catalyst for better things to come. “We hope, as more members of the community have the opportunity to ride a bike path along the creek, they will advocate for Rose Creek now and in the future to maintain this amazing wetland in the middle of San Diego,” she said.

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