DATE: December 10, 2019
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PRESENTATION OF THE HARBOR DRIVE MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR STUDY AND DIRECTION TO STAFF
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The District's Harbor Drive Multimodal Corridor Study (District's Study or Study) is a collaborative, multi-agency effort led by the District that takes a comprehensive and holistic look at ways to improve mobility and access along South Harbor Drive. The purpose of the Study was to, together with key stakeholder agencies, identify a series of complementary multi-modal improvements within the corridor, as well as select project elements that could be prioritized for implementation and advanced to sufficient project readiness to apply for State and federal transportation funding sources. The study area spanned the north entrance to the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal (TAMT) to the National City Marine Terminal (NCMT), as well as major thoroughfares to the Interstate highway system (Attachment A - District's Study).
The Study's recommendations were developed through extensive collaboration with a Technical Working Group (TWG) and public outreach efforts in the community. The TWG included staff from the District, City of San Diego, City of National City, U.S. Navy, SANDAG, CalTrans, MTS, and the Barrio Logan Community Planning Group (CPG) Chairman. The District facilitated three full TWG meetings and held multiple smaller meetings with agency representatives. Public outreach meetings were conducted in the Barrio Logan community in February 2019 and in the City of National City in September 2019. The Study team also attended three community events and deployed a web-based survey tool to gather input from residents, workers, and business owners to better understand mobility issues within the corridor.
The Study found that no single improvement could adequately address all the corridor's mobility challenges. Rather, the corridor requires a system of complimentary improvements to enhance all modes of mobilit...
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