California Coastal Commission approves additional part of OCTA permit for a 1,400-foot-long catchment wall near the track; crews continue to make strong progress strategically placing rirprap 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 ...
OCTA submitted an emergency Coastal Development Permit application to the Coastal Commission that was partially approved in April. Additional work was approved on May 7. The total package of projects is estimated to cost approximately $300 million. The project components consist of 95% sand and 5% armoring.
Depending on the location, the riprap is needed for immediate protection of the corridor, and the Coastal Commission has issued an emergency coastal development permit.
Freeway Environmental Mitigation Program Preserved 1,300 acres of open space and restored nearly 350 acres of habitat Streamlined biological and water quality permitting for freeway projects Established endowment to protect mitigation properties
The updates come following multiple listening sessions, OCTA Board feedback, and other stakeholder input on OCTA’s Coastal Rail Resiliency Study – an effort to protect a critical link in Southern California’s rail infrastructure.
Coastal Development Permitting All work proposed on tidelands, submerged lands, and other public trust lands must be coordinated with and potentially receive a permit from the CCC.
Tentative plans call for construction activities to begin as soon as next week, weather permitting. Because of the significant slope movement and out of an abundance of caution, the OCTA and Metrolink project team has periodically halted BNSF freight rail traffic, which had been making overnight trips.
On-call Architectural and Engineering Design and Construction Support Services for Transit Facility Projects
Provided the California Coastal Commission (CCC) responses on conditions of approval enclosed in the Emergency Coastal Development Permit (eCDP) for Areas 1 and 2 which includes: Sand replenishment, sand monitoring and revetment monitoring plan California State Transportation Agency commitment letter to perform railroad relocation analysis
SCE is coordinating with the Coastal Commission for a coastal development permit application which will include restoration. OCTA is waiting for a proposal from SCE on how they will offset these impacts. She said SCE will continue to need access to the polls and a path to get to them, so they will need to offset those impacts.