![]() ![]() The total project is estimated to cost $19.5 million. SANDAG will do “everything it can” to avoid disrupting service at the Center during construction, said Hiatt.īut Rajan acknowledged that the project could cause some weekend service disruptions. Hiatt explained that SANDAG is currently working through remaining issues, including leveling the platforms to meet federal ADA requirements, before a construction date can be established.Ĭonstruction of the project should take about 13 to 14 months. The city would need to make safety improvements to railroad crossings before a quiet zone, a rail crossing where trains would not be required to blow their horns, could be established.īoard members voiced frustration when they learned that these safety improvements would also have to be paid for by the city with no help from SANDAG or NCTD.ĭespite this, the board voted to support the project given its potential to bring more business to downtown.įinal engineering work on the Oceanside Transit Center Improvement Project is being completed, and construction is anticipated to begin in 2014. ![]() Hiatt explained that establishing quiet zones is the city’s responsibility. He said that the improvements would ideally bring more people and therefore more business to Oceanside as well as reduce cars traveling along Interstate 5.īoard members of MainStreet Oceanside, an association of businesses in downtown Oceanside, expressed concern about the current noise levels from train horns and the potential for additional noise if more trains are added, particularly given the hotels that are being constructed along the rail corridor. “We think this project is really vital to the city of Oceanside,” said SANDAG senior transportation Engineer Dean Hiatt while presenting the project to MainStreet Oceanside on Tuesday. “The immediate impact (of the project) is operational flexibility, and the long term is that we can have more trains,” explained NCTD Civil Engineer Cyril Rajan.
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