BOTTLENECK STUDY UPDATE

Pedro Orso-DelgadoPedro Orso-DelgadoDistrict DirectorDistrict Director

District 11District 11

Presentation Outline

Review Completed Bottleneck Study and Findings

Provide Update of Improvements Completed and Underway at: Otay Mesa/Mesa de Otay Port of Entry San Ysidro/Puerta Mexico Port of Entry

Future Activities

Background

12/02 Caltrans Tasked by JWC to Address Transportation Infrastructure Supporting POE’s

Develop Border-wide & Multimodal Bottleneck Methodology for U.S.-Mexico

11/04 JWC approved the Final Report of Bottleneck Study - Phase I Case Study: San Diego-Tijuana Gateway

Study Objectives & Accomplishments

The San Diego-Tijuana gateway was used as a test-bed

Documented results of methodology including challenges and recommendations

The study can be used as a common U.S.-Mexico border-wide framework

Successfully developed a methodology to identify low-cost/high result recommendations

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Methodology

MEXICO

U.S.A.

Otay MesaCase Example

MEXICOEXPORT

U.S.IMPORT

Otay Mesa/Mesa de Otay Operational, Minor Infrastructure and

Safety Improvements at Northbound & Southbound Truck Routes

Improve turning radii at various locations Pave emergency lane

Re-route empty lane Add traffic signal

Increase capacity via additional lanes Install concrete barriers

Identify Bottlenecks and Proposed Improvements

Otay Mesa/Mesa de Otay Northbound Key Improvements

UltimateExpansion

8 lanes

$600,000 to expand from 3 to 4 lanes

4 Lanes completed

OTAY MESA POENORTHBOUND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS

San Ysidro/Puerta Mexico Operational, Minor Infrastructure and

Safety Improvements for cars and pedestrians

Increase number of SENTRI lanes Expand access to SENTRI lanes Extend Pedestrian Bridge

Better utilization of all through lanes Create secondary turn pocket

Enforce “No Parking” zones

Identify Bottlenecks and Proposed Improvements

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1

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19

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2022Southbound

Northbound

San Ysidro/Puerta Mexico

San Ysidro/Puerta MexicoNorthbound Key Improvements SENTRI Lanes

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Existing Exit Lanes

Lane #1 Lane #2 Lane #3 Bus Lane

Proposed Exit Lanes

Caltrans Share: $300 kCBP Share: $200 k

Total Cost: $500 k

U.S. SENTRI Exit Lanes Pre Expansion

Improvements to relieve bottleneck at inspection area have been implemented in Mexico

Mayor of Tijuana is interested in improving border crossing time into Tijuana

San Ysidro/Puerta MexicoSouthbound Key Improvements

Next Steps

Continue to work with local and federal agencies to complete improvements identified in Bottleneck Study

Phase II Other Border Gateways (Unfunded)

Phase III U.S./Mexico Border-wide Bottleneck Report (Unfunded)

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