Caltrans District 5 is creating the US 101 Business Plan in collaboration with the US 101 Central Coast Coalition. The US 101 Central Coast Coalition formed to raise awareness of the US 101 Corridor within the boundaries of Caltrans District 5 as a major economic asset to the state and nation and encourage investment on the corridor.
Caltrans is proposing to conduct the planning analysis based on 10 segments of US 101 within the Central Coast. These segments were established in the 2014 Caltrans Transportation Concept Report, and are based on traffic flow characteristics as well as surrounding land use patterns. District 5 Planning consulted with District 5 Traffic Operations and District 5 Traffic Forecasting to confirm that the proposed segmentation are still applicable based on current traffic flows and land uses.
The purpose of the US 101 Business Plan is to provide the data, strategy, and community support needed to secure needed financial investment in the US 101 corridor. Caltrans staff will be working with interested parties during the development of the Business Plan.
Caltrans staff has prepared a few discussion points for the Technical Advisory Committee. Please send answers to Kelly McClendon (Kelly.mcclendon@dot.ca.gov) and/or Vanessa Faul (Vanessa.faul@dot.ca.gov).
- Question 1: Is your jurisdiction/agency interested in more in-depth groups to help with the plan development? If interested, please share your contact information and indicate applicable segment(s) of interest.
- Question 2: Do you know anyone else that could be interested in a focus group? (for example Chamber of Commerce, Disadvantaged Communities along US 101, Corridor Groups,…)
- Question 3: See figures 1 and 2 – do the identified segments make sense? (See attached)
Also attached to the Staff Report is the US 101 Business Plan Fact Sheet and the US 101 Business Plan Charter.