RECEIVE presentation on the Marina to Salinas Multimodal Corridor: Imjin Road Widening Project.  

Edrie De Los Santos, Senior Engineer, City of Marina, will make a presentation on the Marina-Salinas Multimodal Corridor: Imjin Road Widening Project. The City of Marina is the lead agency on this Measure X Regional project.

The Marina-Salinas Multimodal Corridor: Imjin Road Widening is a regional Measure X project on Imjin Parkway from Imjin Road to Reservation Road. It serves as one of the major commute corridors between the Monterey Peninsula and Salinas, ranging at various points in the project limits from 24,000 vehicles to 39,000 vehicles traversing the roadway each weekday.

The project will widen the Imjin Parkway from Imjin Road to Reservation Road from two to four lanes, construct four roundabouts along the corridor and make transit and pedestrian improvements, along with on-street buffered bike lanes and stormwater treatment areas, retaining and sound walls. The improvements will benefit commuters who travel through the corridor, as well as those who live along the corridor at CSU Monterey Bay and the neighboring homes in Marina Heights, Sea Haven and Preston Park.

The Marina-Salinas Multimodal Corridor: Imjin Road Widening project, identified in the Transportation Safety & Investment Plan approved by Monterey County voters as Measure X in 2016 will be the Plan's first regional project to be constructed.  The project is 100% designed and the City of Marina, the lead agency on the project, is currently finalizing right-of-way certification, permits, and bid documents. The City anticipates construction will begin in Summer 2023.