BOTTLENECK STUDY UPDATE
Pedro Orso-DelgadoPedro Orso-DelgadoDistrict DirectorDistrict Director
District 11District 11
Presentation Outline
Review Completed Bottleneck Study and Findings
Provide Update of Improvements Completed and Underway at: Otay Mesa/Mesa de Otay Port of Entry San Ysidro/Puerta Mexico Port of Entry
Future Activities
Background
12/02 Caltrans Tasked by JWC to Address Transportation Infrastructure Supporting POE’s
Develop Border-wide & Multimodal Bottleneck Methodology for U.S.-Mexico
11/04 JWC approved the Final Report of Bottleneck Study - Phase I Case Study: San Diego-Tijuana Gateway
Study Objectives & Accomplishments
The San Diego-Tijuana gateway was used as a test-bed
Documented results of methodology including challenges and recommendations
The study can be used as a common U.S.-Mexico border-wide framework
Successfully developed a methodology to identify low-cost/high result recommendations
N3 N4
N1 N2 N5 N6
Methodology
MEXICO
U.S.A.
Otay MesaCase Example
MEXICOEXPORT
U.S.IMPORT
Otay Mesa/Mesa de Otay Operational, Minor Infrastructure and
Safety Improvements at Northbound & Southbound Truck Routes
Improve turning radii at various locations Pave emergency lane
Re-route empty lane Add traffic signal
Increase capacity via additional lanes Install concrete barriers
Identify Bottlenecks and Proposed Improvements
Otay Mesa/Mesa de Otay Northbound Key Improvements
UltimateExpansion
8 lanes
$600,000 to expand from 3 to 4 lanes
4 Lanes completed
OTAY MESA POENORTHBOUND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS
San Ysidro/Puerta Mexico Operational, Minor Infrastructure and
Safety Improvements for cars and pedestrians
Increase number of SENTRI lanes Expand access to SENTRI lanes Extend Pedestrian Bridge
Better utilization of all through lanes Create secondary turn pocket
Enforce “No Parking” zones
Identify Bottlenecks and Proposed Improvements
13
18
1716
6
11
5
8
23
4
10
12
14
9
1
7
19
15
21
2022Southbound
Northbound
San Ysidro/Puerta Mexico
San Ysidro/Puerta MexicoNorthbound Key Improvements SENTRI Lanes
Mex
ico
USA
Existing Exit Lanes
Lane #1 Lane #2 Lane #3 Bus Lane
Proposed Exit Lanes
Caltrans Share: $300 kCBP Share: $200 k
Total Cost: $500 k
U.S. SENTRI Exit Lanes Pre Expansion
Improvements to relieve bottleneck at inspection area have been implemented in Mexico
Mayor of Tijuana is interested in improving border crossing time into Tijuana
San Ysidro/Puerta MexicoSouthbound Key Improvements
Next Steps
Continue to work with local and federal agencies to complete improvements identified in Bottleneck Study
Phase II Other Border Gateways (Unfunded)
Phase III U.S./Mexico Border-wide Bottleneck Report (Unfunded)
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