I-5 Managed Lanes Project
Description and Location
The I-5 manage lanes Project proposes to construct managed lanes on both directions on Interstate 5 (I-5) in Sacramento County from the I-5 and US 50 Interchange to the Sacramento River Bridge and the Sacramento-Yolo County line. The purpose of the project is to reduce congestion, increase the number of people traveling through the area, provide multimodal access, promote ride sharing, improve mobility and improve traffic operations through added Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) infrastructure . The proposed project has evaluated nine alternative types of managed lanes to accomplish the purpose of the project.
Project Contact Information:
Jess AvilaProject Manager
(530) 741-4533
Dennis Keaton
Public Information Officer
(530) 741-5474
03_4H580_Project_Inbox@DOT.ca.gov
Project Alternatives
Alt 2 Construct a HOV 2+ lane in each direction where vehicles with 2 or more occupants can use the lane.
Alt 3 Construct a HOT 2+ lane in each direction where vehicles with 2 or more occupants may use the lane for free and SOVs pay a toll.
Alt 4 Construct a HOT 3+ lane in each direction where vehicles with 3 or more occupants may use the lane for free and vehicles with less than 3 occupants.
would pay a toll.
Alt 5 Construct an express lane in each direction, where all vehicles would pay a toll to use the express lane.
Alt 6 Construct a transit only lane in each direction where only transit vehicles are allowed to use the lane.
Alt 7 Convert the existing inside general purpose lane in each direction to an HOV 2+ lane where vehicles with 2 or more occupants can use the lane.
Alt 8 Construct a HOT 2+ lane and convert the inside general purpose lane in each direction to a HOT 2+ lane, where vehicles with 2 or more occupants may use the lanes for free and SOV’s pay a toll.
Alt 9 Construct a HOT 3+ lane and convert the inside general purpose lane in each direction to HOT 3+ lane, where vehicles with 3 or more occupants may use the lanes for free and vehicles with less than 3 occupants would pay a toll.
Cost And Funding Table
| Project Phase / Funding Sources & Estimate | Environmental | Design | Right of Way Support | Right of Way Capital | Construction Support | Construction Capital | Total |
| CMAQ | $5,0892,00 | $60,000 | $5,149,000 | ||||
| RSTP | $2,941,000 | $2,941,000 | |||||
| CRRSAA | $3,700,00 | $3,700,000 | |||||
| Measure A | $4,500,000 | $53,000,000 | $57,500,000 | ||||
| SACOG Revolving Match Fund | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | |||||
| SACOG Local Funding | $70,000 | $70,000 | |||||
| Unfunded | $10,500,000 | $900,000 | $4,100,000 | $28,240,000 | $285,500,000 | $329,240,000 | |
| Total | $11,730,200 | $15,0000,000 | $900,000 | $4,230,000 | $28,240,000 | $342,500,000 | $402,600,000 |
Delivery Schedule
| Phase | Date |
|---|---|
| Environmental Completion | Summer 2025 |
| Design Completion | Spring 2027 |
| Start Construction | Fall 2027 |
| Construction Complete | Summer 2030 |
Pictures
Looking south at the Richards Blvd I-5 on-ramp
Looking south towards the American River Bridge and Garden Highway I-5 off-ramp.
Draft Environmental Documents
Links for documents are coming soon.
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Helpful Links
- City of Sacramento
- Sacramento Transportation Management Association
- North Natomas JIBE
- South Natomas Transportation Management Association
- Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates
- Sacramento County
- Sacramento Area Council of Governments
- Sacramento Regional Transit
- City of West Sacramento
- WALK Sacramento
- Yuba County Transit District
- Yuba Sutter Transit