The project on Green Valley Road in Watsonville is causing some noticeable traffic delays, specifically during the morning and afternoon rush hours. However, that will be a thing of the past come springtime, when the road project will be completed. Meanwhile, crews in Scotts Valley worked through Saturday night to help get main artery Mount Hermon Road back open after a tornado tore through the area.
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Carmageddon: Soquel Drive overhaul on track to wrap up in spring 2025 — earlier than initial estimates
One of the largest multimodal improvement projects in Santa Cruz County is headed to a spring completion, several months earlier than originally planned. Crews will finish the final steps improvements to Soquel Drive in the spring, to avoid weather impacts as much as possible.
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Carmageddon: Some major West Cliff Drive projects to stretch into early 2025
West Cliff Drive repairs continue moving forward as winter draws closer, with several major components expected to wrap up by mid-December. While a few projects will not be finished until early to mid-2025, one-way traffic could make a return along the entirety of Santa Cruz’s coastal road by early spring, and two-way traffic might be only a few months behind.
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Carmageddon: With winter approaching, who pays for road repairs in Santa Cruz County?
With road repairs still in the pipeline all over Santa Cruz County, officials are constantly in talks with federal agencies in charge of funding road repair. As it turns out, the two main agencies that public works officials negotiate with differ quite a bit, and often dictate how quickly a road gets fixed.
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Carmageddon: SCPD eyes traffic, bike, pedestrian safety programs with new grant funding
Two grants the Santa Cruz Police Department has received since the beginning of November will be brought to the Santa Cruz City Council in December for direction and clarity around next steps. Both are going to be put toward various programs and activities to promote traffic, bicycle and pedestrian safety.
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Carmageddon: Public input sought on South County train station project
More public input opportunities are on their way for the future of passenger rail in Santa Cruz County and beyond, with sessions planned for Nov. 20 on a potential station set to serve Watsonville and Pajaro.
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Carmageddon: Make your case for how to spend Measure D funds next year
The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission is seeking input on how to spend Measure D funds in the upcoming year. Comments are due by 9 a.m. Wednesday, and the public is invited to share thoughts with the commission’s board at its Thursday meeting at the county board of supervisors chamber.
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Carmageddon: Amid West Cliff Drive overhaul, city begins to plan next 5 years
More than 50 residents gathered at London Nelson Community Center last Monday to review and provide feedback on potential projects for the next five years along Santa Cruz’s West Cliff Drive as well as the work that is currently underway. The potential efforts range from strengthening transportation and parking to monitoring and protecting the coastline and its ecosystems.
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Carmageddon: Council moves bicycle, pedestrian improvements to Scotts Valley Drive forward
The Scotts Valley City Council gave initial direction to staff to pursue improvements along Scotts Valley Drive that include new bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, landscaping and other safety measures. Staff hopes to begin environmental and design work by spring 2025.
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Carmageddon: As West Cliff repairs continue, crews call scale of work ‘unprecedented’
A project area tour of West Cliff Drive showed the progress that crews are making on major storm repairs as winter draws closer yet again — and highlights the “unprecedented” amount of work happening on the scenic coastal road.