District: District 7 - Los Angeles and Ventura Counties
Contact: Marc Bischoff, marc.bischoff@dot.ca.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
VENTURA COUNTY – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will host a public meeting for the State Route 33 (SR-33) Pavement Preservation Project Draft Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Assessment (Draft EIR/EA), which includes results from technical and environmental studies, staff recommendations, and construction staging options, among other information and data. The in-person public hearing will be held on Monday, June 2nd, 2025, from 5:30pm to 7:00pm at the Oak View Park & Resource Center, 555 Mahoney Avenue, Oak View, CA 93022. More information on the project and details on how to access the meeting via virtual attendance may be found on the project website.
Caltrans is proposing a 7-mile pavement preservation project on SR-33 between approximately a half mile south of Parkview Drive to just north of Foothill Trail at post miles 6.3 to 13.4, in unincorporated Ventura County area of Oak View and Ojai. The purpose of this project is to preserve and extend the service life of the existing pavement, improve multi-modal mobility, ride quality, and safety by providing a better access for bicyclists, pedestrians, and transit users. This public feedback opportunity is part of the project’s environmental phase, determines a project’s potential environmental and community impacts. Public feedback gathered during this 46-day comment period will be evaluated by Caltrans staff to help inform staff decisions and recommendations for construction staging and detour routes, among other project operations.
Caltrans has studied the environmental and community impacts of the proposed project and has prepared an Initial Study/Environmental Assessment (IS/EA). The DEIR was released on May 12, 2025, and the public comment period will last 46 days, ending on June 27, 2025. The IS/EA can be found online by visiting the project website, online, or in-person at the following locations:
· Caltrans District 7, Division of Environmental Planning Office (100 S. Main Street, Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90012) on weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
· Oak View Public Library, 555 Mahoney Ave, Oak View, CA 93022
Caltrans encourages the public to submit written comments on the IS/EA by postal mail no later than June 27, 2025, to:
Susan Tse Koo
Senior Environmental Scientist
100 S. Main Street, MS16A
Los Angeles, CA 90012
The public may also submit comments and questions by email at any time via GoOakview@dot.ca.gov .
Spanish interpretation will be made available at each public hearing, in-person and online. Individuals who require special accommodation (American Sign Language interpreter, accessible seating, documentation in alternate formats, etc.) are requested to contact Caltrans District 7, Alex Brown at (213) 310-2590 at least seven days prior to the scheduled public hearings. TDD users may contact the California Relay Service TTY line at 711.
Caltrans reminds motorists to be “Work Zone Alert” and “Slow for the Cone Zone.”