This emergency stabilization effort builds on more than $313 million in secured state and federal funding, including grants from the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, the SB 1 Trade Corridor Enhancement Program, and the federal CRISI program. The OCTA Board also amended its FY 2024-25 budget to allocate an additional $135 million to advance this work. Sand nourishment, while starting ...

ORANGE – As crews continue to push ahead on emergency efforts to reinforce the most vulnerable areas along the rail line in San Clemente, the Orange County Transportation Authority received additional approvals from the California Coastal Commission to advance more work.

ORANGE – Crews made significant progress this week in the ongoing emergency work to stabilize the coastal rail line in San Clemente, which is scheduled to remain closed to passenger rail service for approximately five more weeks.

“The release of the RFI coupled with our Emergency Coastal Development Permit application to the Coastal Commission shows the urgency we’ve placed to restore the safety and stability of our beaches and coastal rail corridor,” said Director Foley.

“The release of the RFI coupled with our Emergency Coastal Development Permit application to the Coastal Commission shows the urgency we’ve placed to restore the safety and stability of our beaches and coastal rail corridor,” said Director Foley.

Construction Activities The Orange County Transportation Authority, which owns the track through San Clemente, worked with Metrolink, which operates regional passenger rail service, to build a 200-foot-long wall at Mariposa Point, to safely re-establish rail service after a Jan. 24 landslide on private property above the track littered the rail line with soil and debris, halting passenger ...

FAQs What is the Track Stabilization Project? It is an emergency project to stabilize the railroad tracks in south San Clemente. The Orange County Transportation Authority, in coordination with Metrolink, has completed installation of ground anchors into a slope adjacent to the Cyprus Shore community.

Starting Monday, April 17, passenger service through San Clemente will safely resume between Orange and San Diego counties with the installation of the final row of ground anchors ORANGE – All regular Metrolink and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner service is scheduled to resume beginning Monday, April 17, after the Orange County Transportation Authority’s emergency construction work has been ...

The planned immediate enhancements focus on a 7-mile span of OCTA-owned railroad right-of-way through San Clemente, with the goal of preventing future emergency track closures and service disruptions.

While emergency work in San Clemente has been top priority, OCTA continues to work with local, state and federal partners to study and secure funding for lasting solutions ORANGE – While the Orange County Transportation Authority and Metrolink team continues emergency work to protect the rail line in San Clemente at Mariposa Point, OCTA is pushing ahead on a study to find lasting solutions ...