Service remains stopped through San Clemente and no timeline set for trains to begin running again ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority, which owns the rail line that connects San Diego County to Orange County and points further north, is working with Metrolink to clear the tracks in San Clemente and safely restore passenger and freight rail service as quickly as possible. No ...

Caltrans proposes to add a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane in both directions from the San Diego County Line to the I-5/Avenida Pico interchange in the City of San Clemente. This project would also reestablish existing auxiliary lanes, widen existing undercrossings, and replace two existing overcrossings to accommodate the proposed HOV lanes.

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The Orange County Transportation Authority invites proposals from qualified consultants to develop and implement a public communications and community outreach program for the 91 Express Lanes pavement rehabilitation project.

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The Need to Act Now Since 2021, rail closures due to bluff failures in San Clemente have severed Southern California’s only coastal rail connection between San Diego and Orange counties more than once, disrupting passenger service, delaying freight shipments, and threatening more than $1 billion in annual economic activity.

In San Clemente, crews pushing ahead with the emergency work finished clearing out the remaining spans of the damaged pedestrian bridge near Mariposa Point, and continued strategically placing and repairing existing large boulders, known as riprap, in project Areas 1 and 2.

Passenger rail service, including Metrolink and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner, is scheduled to resume through South Orange County on Saturday, June 7, following emergency efforts to reinforce the most vulnerable areas along the rail line in San Clemente. Led by OCTA in partnership with Metrolink, construction has continued daily since the work began in late April. This milestone comes slightly ...

Over the past four years, San Clemente’s eroding bluffs – on both city and private property – have repeatedly forced the closure of the rail line that has operated largely uninterrupted for more than 125 years.

Recently, OCTA finalized a contract with a geo-technical firm to begin emergency work to stabilize the railroad track through southern San Clemente. OCTA will work with Condon-Johnson & Associates Inc., a geotechnical contractor with offices in Los Angeles and San Diego, to perform the emergency stabilization work to safely restore passenger ...