[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 18, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E698]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                         HON. BRIAN P. BILBRAY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 18, 2009

  Mr. BILBRAY. Madam Speaker, I submit the following:
  Requesting Member: Congressman Brian Bilbray
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105, the FY2009 Omnibus Appropriations bill
  Account: Department of Transportation, Federal Highway 
Administration, Interstate Maintenance
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Encinitas, CA
  Address of Requesting Entity: 505 S. Vulcan Avenue, Encinitas, CA 
92034
  Description of Request: I secured $285,000 in the FY 2009 Omnibus 
Appropriations bill for the Encinitas Boulevard/Interstate 5 
Interchange Project Study Report, Project Report, and Environmental 
Review. The City of Encinitas is contracting with an engineering 
consultant to prepare a Project Study Report, Project Report and 
Environmental Document for the Encinitas Blvd/I-5 Interchange. The 
consulting firm (Dokken Engineering) is working with CALTRANS and the 
City of Encinitas staff to study and develop viable alternatives for 
four Interstate 5 interchanges, including the Encinitas Boulevard 
interchange. Unless the City can fund this study, Caltrans will move 
ahead with an environmental review and design on their ``minimum 
build'' alternative for this interchange, which assumes no under 
crossing widening and some roadway improvements, while maintaining the 
existing diamond interchange configuration. Encinitas Boulevard must be 
widened as part of the North Coast Interstate 5 Corridor (widening) 
Project or the City will suffer significant traffic congestion at this 
location by 2030 and probably much sooner. If the City is to have any 
hope of later integrating its alternative, we need to keep pace with 
the Interstate 5 widening project.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Brian Bilbray
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105, the FY2009 Omnibus Appropriations bill
  Account: Department of Transportation, Federal Highway 
Administration, Interstate Maintenance
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of San Diego, CA
  Address of Requesting Entity: 202 C Street, San Diego, CA 92101
  Description of Request: I secured $475,000 to fund relocation of 
fiber optic cable that is obstructing a major interstate highway 
interchange improvement project to connect I-5 with S.R. 56 in San 
Diego. The I-5 corridor is the primary link between Southern 
California--San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange County--and Mexico. The 
route experiences extensive traffic congestion, with average daily 
counts at the interchange site of 261,000 vehicles, including 10,000 
trucks, projected to reach 430,000 daily vehicles within 20 years. The 
project is consistent with the authorized purpose of the Department of 
Transportation Interstate Maintenance account, which includes funding 
for the addition of new interchanges. Local and State matching funds 
will provide at least 20% cost share.

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