State Route 17 Resiliency and Adaptation Plan

Project Description

As climate related events become more frequent and intense, disruptions to travel on State Route 17 (SR 17) in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties have increased. The corridor has seen a rise in resilience challenges and emergency evacuation and access needs. Caltrans is developing a SR 17 Resiliency and Adaptation Plan (Plan) from SR 1 in Santa Cruz to the I-280/I-880 interchange in San Jose.
Building on previous efforts, the SR 17 Plan seeks to:

• Advance goals of the California Transportation Plan 2050 and Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure
• Collaborate with the public to establish a collective vision
• Prioritize project opportunities that align with assessing physical climate risk and safety improvements that reduce fatalities and severe injuries

One of the key objectives of the Plan is to collaboratively develop a resiliency-based corridor vision, goals, objectives, and associated performance measures. These performance measures will be used to evaluate adaptation options for SR 17 to ensure that it can withstand future climate change impacts. Additionally, the Plan aims to define and document corridor resilience challenges and emergency evacuation/access needs as well as propose, evaluate, and prioritize adaptation strategies that help advance corridor goals.

The Plan will also function as a Comprehensive Multimodal Corridor Plan (CMCP) for SR 17, with goals and objectives in alignment with the California Transportation Commission’s (CTC) CMCP guidelines. A CMCP is a long-range system plan developed in collaboration with State, regional, local governments, and communities to serve growing transportation system needs along a corridor. A CMCP identifies current and future challenges such as congestion and climate change, while evaluating equitable opportunities for bicycle, pedestrian, transit, freight, and rail improvements to support multimodal accessibility.

 

 

Proposed Project Schedule

 

Project Contact 

Public Information Office, Caltrans District 5
Phone: (805) 549-3318
Email: info-d5@dot.ca.gov or stateroute17ra@dot.ca.gov

Engagement Opportunity:  Take Our Survey!

What is your experience traveling on State Route 17 (SR 17)? In our ongoing effort to shape the corridor with your input, Caltrans invites you to take the SR 17 Resiliency and Adaptation Plan (Plan) survey!

 

• (English) https://form.jotform.com/mplshdrpi/public-input-survey-state-route-17-
• (Mandarin) 调查链接: https://form.jotform.com/mplshdrpi/chinese-public-input-survey-sr17
• (Spanish) Enlace a la encuesta: https://form.jotform.com/mplshdrpi/spanish-public-input-survey-sr17

  

The survey will be live from May 30 – June 21 and intends to gather your feedback on the Plan’s goals, types of projects you would like to see in the corridor, and other transportation improvements. Your experiences on SR 17 matter and we want to hear from you!  Your comments will contribute to the future of the corridor.

Public Meeting

A virtual public engagement meeting was held on April 3, 2024.  A review of the PowerPoint presentation is available here:

• Public Meeting PowerPoint (PDF)

Accessibility Assistance: Caltrans makes every attempt to ensure our documents are accessible. Due to variances between assistive technologies, there may be portions of this document which are not accessible. Where documents cannot be made accessible, we are committed to providing alternative access to the content. Should you need additional assistance, please contact us at (916) 654-2852 or visit https://dot.ca.gov/request-ada-compliant-documents

 

Title VI Information

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) assures that no person shall, on the basis of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance, as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, and Federal Executive Order 12898 (Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations).

Caltrans will make every effort to ensure nondiscrimination in all of its programs and activities, whether they are federally funded or not, and that services and benefits are fairly distributed to all people, regardless of race, color, or national origin. In addition, Caltrans will facilitate meaningful participation in the transportation planning process in a nondiscriminatory manner.

• Title VI Brochure (English, PDF)
• Title VI Brochure (Spanish, PDF)
• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Caltrans Information)