Metro - File #: 2022-0612

• File #: 2022-0612
• Type: Board Correspondence
• Status: Sent
• File created: 8/30/2022
• In control: Board of Directors - Board Correspondence
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Board Correspondence
• Indexes: Board Correspondence, Capital Improvement Program, Complete streets, Downey, Environmental Impact Report, Environmental impact statements, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities Council of Governments, Gateway Cities subregion, I-5, I-605, Interchanges, Joint Powers Agreement, Motion / Motion Response, Multimodal, Project, San Gabriel, Southern California Highways, SR-60, Technical Advisory Committee
• Related files: 2020-0733

Attached is the official record distributed to the board.
Board_Correspondence_Date
JULY 7, 2022


Board_Correspondence_TO
TO: BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Board_Correspondence_Through_CEO
THROUGH: STEPHANIE WIGGINS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Prepared_by
FROM: JAMES DE LA LOZA
CHIEF PLANNING OFFICER

Subject
SUBJECT: I-605 CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT - MOTION 42 RESPONSE

Issue
ISSUE

At the October 22, 2020 Regular Board meeting, Directors Solis, Hahn, Garcia, Fasana, Garcetti and Bonin introduced Motion 42 on the 1-605 Corridor Improvement Project (CIP) (Attachment A). The Motion directed staff to pause the circulation of the 1-605 CIP Environmental Impact Report/ Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) and to provide a status update to the Board with additional alternatives that are locally supported and minimize right-of-way impacts. Additionally, the Board asked for a review of the project's purpose and need and its alignment with various state policies related to equity, greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled. This board box summarizes activities to-date and outlines next steps in the development of a revised suite of project alternatives.

Background
BACKGROUND

The 1-605 CIP project was initiated in October 2016 and encompasses a major segment of Interstate 605 in both the Gateway Cities and San Gabriel Valley Subregions, including the major freeway-to-freeway connections at the I-105, 1-5, SR-60 and 1-10. To increase the movement of people, ease congestion and improve mobility and safety, the current project alternatives are considering High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) or ExpressLanes alternatives. Moreover, the project is evaluating and developing local multimodal improvements within the project's environmental impact area, inclusive of locally-prioritized complete streets improvements.

On 1-5, at the terminus of the construction currently underway in Norwalk, the addition of an HOV lane is being evaluated through the City of Downey. Im...