batiquitos lagoon double track

Transportation
BATIQUITOS LAGOON DOUBLE TRACK
FACT SHEET
Current Budget:
$61.4 million
Status:
The Project
The project will add .75 miles of second main
railroad track from Avenida Encinas in Carlsbad
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to La Costa Avenue in Encinitas across the
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Batiquitos Lagoon. The project also includes
Estimated Completion:
2030
replacing a 1930s-era wooden trestle bridge
with a modern, double-track concrete rail
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Buena Vista Lagoon
Agua Hedionda Lagoon
CARLSBAD
Batiquitos Lagoon
bridge. As a result of the bridge replacement,
lagoon tidal flow will be improved due to a
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The primary purpose of this project is to
an area for trains to pass. Additionally, the
by as many as 50 trains including the NCTD
double tracking in this segment directly
COASTER, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner, and BNSF
supports the objectives of SANDAG, North
Railway freight trains.
only to accommodate existing train volumes,
but also to provide for future passenger and
freight demand.
The project is also a critical component of
the first phase of the North Coast Corridor
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improve overall lagoon health, and provide
reliability of the Los Angeles-San Diego-San
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San Elijo Lagoon
replace the wooden trestle bridge, which will
BNSF Railway to increase the efficiency and
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This project, combined with others in the
corridor, will improve system reliability,
facilitate goods movement, help to reduce
passenger and truck volumes on I-5, and
provide for increased passenger and freight
rail services in the future.
Over the next 20 years, SANDAG plans
to invest approximately $1 billion in
(NCC) Program. The first phase includes rail
improvements for the San Diego County
double tracking projects over the Batiquitos
segment of the LOSSAN corridor, including
and San Elijo lagoons, extending the carpool
a primary effort to double track the corridor
lanes on Interstate 5, and environmental
from Orange County to Downtown San
protection, lagoon restoration, and coastal
Diego. To date, more than two-thirds of
access improvements.
the county’s LOSSAN rail corridor is doubletracked, with more than 20 rail improvement
Corridor Strategy
projects underway. By 2050, it is anticipated
The LOSSAN rail corridor was built more
99 percent of the corridor will be double
than 125 years ago and is the second busiest
tracked. Other infrastructure improvements
intercity passenger rail line in the United
include bridge and track replacements, new
States. It is the only viable freight rail link
platforms, pedestrian undercrossings, and
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The Batiquitos Lagoon lies between
Carlsbad and Encinitas
other safety and operational enhancements.
The rail enhancements are part of an effort to improve all modes of transportation within
the congested I-5 North Coast Corridor.
Project Budget
The estimated cost for the project is $61.4 million. Funding sources include $48.7 million
from TransNet, the county’s half-cent sales tax for transportation improvements, and $12.6
million from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).
Project Status
The project’s final design and environmental processes are expected to be completed by
the end of 2016.
For More Information
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