Photo by Cliff Hanna

Upcoming Meetings and Community Events

Next Planning Board Meeting

Thursday, September 2th, 7 pm. Agenda Note change of location to CVS Pharmacy, 2662 Del Mar Heights Road (Vons shopping center)

Next Regular Board Meeting

September 9th, 7 pm. Regular Board Meeting.

CAF� Town Hall Meeting

The newly formed "Citizens Against Freeway Expansion" (CAF�) held a public "Town Hall" meeting on Thursday, August 19 at the Solana Beach Presbyterian Church. Read the story with quotes from our own Norman Ratner in the KPBS Report: North County Residents Mobilizing Against I-5 Expansion

P.L.A.G.U.E. joins CAF� in the fight against paving over our city. See the P.L.A.G.U.E. Web site for more information.

Draft EIR for I-5 Widening Project is Out!

The draft of the Environmental Impact Report for the I-5 Widening Project has been released. For a quick overview of some of the images from the report go here.

Go to the North Coast Corridor Project page to view the full document. It comes in five parts totaling 144 Megabytes! Fortunately there are lots of pictures and drawings. The Del Mar Heights Road/I-5 interchange is depicted on page 2-36 in part 2. You can find additional supporting documents for the DEIR on a link at the bottome of the Web page.

Caltrans Releases Interstate 5 Draft Environmental Document

SAN DIEGO �The California Department of Transportation is advertising that the Interstate 5 North Coast Corridor Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (document) is available for public review.

Caltrans has been working with the Federal Highway Administration and other federal, state and local agencies to develop the document. The document describes the possible impacts of adding capacity on Interstate 5 from La Jolla Village Drive in San Diego to Vandegrift Boulevard/Harbor Drive in Oceanside.

�Because of the length of the project and the size of the document we are doubling the amount of time the public can respond with their comments,� said Caltrans Project Manager Arturo Jacobo. �We have doubled that time to 90 days.�

The last day to make comments on this document is Oct. 7. Caltrans will also hold five Open House Meetings where the public can come and talk with engineers, noise and traffic specialists and property agents.

�We are encouraging members of the public to attend any of these meetings. We will have more than 40 display boards and will be available to answer questions and accept comments,� Jacobo added.

There is only one meeting left and it will be held from 5 � 8 p.m. at the following location:

Sept. 9 - Oceanside - Oceanside High School Multipurpose Room

Support

Would you like to support the Board? The Planning Board receives no funding for the work it does for the Torrey Pines community and we welcome donations. No contribution is too small. And all donations will help the Board serve our community more effectively. Please send a message to the Board Treasurer to help us out.