Humboldt Baykeeper has been following Caltrans' Eureka-Arcata 101 Corridor Safety Improvement Project since 2007, when the Draft Environmental Impact Report was released. Caltrans proposes to improve safety along this 8-mile stretch of highway adjacent to the Humboldt Bay shoreline between Arcata and Eureka.
7/11/13
Eureka-Arcata trail advocates may soon have a new ally in Caltrans, after the Coastal Commission dealt a blow to Caltrans’ safety corridor plans in a report the commission released at the end of June.
7/10/13
Caltrans officials have pulled the U.S. Highway 101 safety corridor project from today’s California Coastal Commission meeting to allow more time to review a staff report that recommends against certification due to inconsistencies with the Coastal Act.
The Coastal Commission staff report released on Friday, June 28, recommends against the proposed interchange at Indianola Cutoff. It is inconsistent with the Coastal Act’s wetland fill policy, since the proposed interchange would increase traffic capacity.
Thanks to nearly 600 people who signed our petition, Caltrans postponed the Coastal Commission hearing that was set to be held in May in San Rafael.
4/9/13
More than 500 people have signed an online petition asking Caltrans to reschedule a meeting on proposed U.S. Highway 101 safety corridor improvements so that the hearing can be held in Eureka. The $23 million improvement project, which includes adding signals and an interchange on the stretch of U.S. Highway 101 between Eureka and Arcata, is slated to go before the California Coastal Commission at its May meeting in San Rafael. “Our immediate concern is that the meeting is going to be held 250 miles away,” Humboldt Baykeeper Executive Director Jessica Hall said.
