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Caltrans District 7 is conducting a $62.2 million project to upgrade stormwater drainage infrastructure along State Route 1 (Pacific Coast Highway / PCH) and restore a critical passageway for the endangered Southern California steelhead trout.
The project, anticipated to be completed in mid-2025, is funded with $36.8 million from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), and more than $22.4 million from Senate Bill (SB) 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.
Construction includes rehabilitating 13 culverts along a 25-mile stretch of PCH between the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles and the Los Angeles County/Ventura County line.
In addition, the culvert at PCH and Corral Canyon Road, which currently prevents trout from accessing, rearing habitat, and spawning upstream in Solstice Creek, is being converted to a bridge. The bridge is entering the second stage of construction.