The project to add auxiliary lanes on Highway 101 between Third Avenue in San Mateo and Millbrae Avenue is expected to begin in the next two months after the state issued the final bit of necessary money Thursday afternoon.
The $84 million Highway 101 auxiliary lane project seeks to add a merge lane from Third Avenue in San Mateo to Millbrae Avenue that would ease congestion by eliminating the need to merge for those drivers taking short trips on the highway. Caltrans officials contend merging in and out of the slow lane tends to create more congestion.
The money was roadblocked in Sacramento by recent anemic state budgets, but there was a renewed interest late last year. The project could begin within two months, according to a report issued at Thursday’s San Mateo County Transportation Authority meeting.
The project also includes the widening and replacing of the Peninsula Avenue overpass. The new overpass will be built to allow future on- and off-ramps to be built on the west side of the freeway. There is currently no on- or off-ramps there, which causes traffic congestion at the danger Poplar Avenue intersection, just south of Peninsula.
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The city suggested last year a plan to add ramps to the new overpass. While Caltrans will build the overpass to allow for the ramps, the decision whether to add them still needs plenty of discussion and will happen separate of the auxiliary lane project, said Larry Patterson, director of public works for the city of San Mateo.
San Mateo is currently concluding a traffic study of major intersections on and around Peninsula Avenue. Patterson expects to issue the report later this month to both the San Mateo and Burlingame city councils.
A plan to add the on- and off-ramps would likely result in the use of eminent domain. Residents have already formed a strong opposition to the plan.
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