The Santa Barbara County Association of Governments has identified four options for dealing with congestion on Highway 101 between Ventura and Santa Barbara:
Proposal: Add commuter rail -- two trains at rush hour from Oxnard to Goleta.
Cost: $103 million
Proposal: Add commuter rail and one lane in each direction from the Ventura County line to Patterson Avenue, and reserve the new lanes for carpools, vanpools and buses. Add ramp-to-ramp lanes along southbound 101 between Carrillo and Garden streets and along northbound 101 between Fairview Avenue and Los Carneros Road.
Cost: $611-719 million
Proposal: Add commuter rail and one lane in each direction from the Ventura County line to Milpas Street, and reserve the new lanes for carpools, vanpools and buses. Drivers traveling alone in the new lanes could be charged a toll. North of Milpas to Los Carneros Road in Goleta, widen the freeway with periodic ramp-to-ramp lanes in both directions.
Cost: $506 million to $576 million
Proposal: Add one general-purpose lane in each direction from the Ventura County line to Goleta, for a total of six lanes south of Milpas Street and eight lanes between Milpas and Patterson Avenue. Add ramp-to-ramp lanes along southbound 101 between Carrillo and Garden streets and along northbound 101 between Fairview Avenue and Los Carneros Road.
Cost: $548 million to $656 million
Source: Santa Barbara County Association of Governments
Posted by gandlwoods at May 29, 2005 08:08 AM