Prunedale Route Recission

ongoing

Deficiencies on US 101 in the Prunedale area were recognized in the 1960s when a project was initiated to improve the corridor by constructing a new alignment that bypassed the community of Prunedale. The Prunedale Bypass Project was re-initiated as a locally funded project in the late 1980s. Under the federal and state environmental laws at the time, alternative alignments, including the adopted route, were developed and evaluated. A series of operational improvements was completed in Fall 2014 to improve safety. The Prunedale Improvement Project (PIP) upgraded the existing four-lane facility to partially access-controlled with construction of 10 miles of median barrier, two new interchanges, and an overcrossing. The Phase 2 project is no longer identified in the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) Regional Transportation Plan. Caltrans has been developing a review of the route adoption and the consideration of rescinding the route adoption.