• Widening the freeway to accommodate four Express Lanes from SR 52 to La Jolla Village Drive and two High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes from La Jolla Village Drive to just north of Mira Mesa Boulevard. 

• Constructing Direct Access Ramps (DAR) at Nobel Drive and Carroll Canyon Road to permit cars and buses to easily get into the express lanes by avoiding the general purpose lanes. 

• Building a Park & Ride lot at the southwest quadrant of the Nobel Drive intersection to permit carpooling and bus transfers from the proposed Bus Rapid Transit facility. 

• Reconfiguring the Governor Drive southbound on-ramp to avoid the conflict with vehicles getting onto SR 52. A loop to the north side of Governor Drive will be built to allow more distance to safely merge across lanes.

The environmental document is a ND FONSI - Negative Declaration/Findings Of No Significant Impact. The project will be designed in five construction stages.

Project Funding

The estimated cost of this project is $587 million. The first stage of this project, one HOV lane in the median in each direction and the south half of the Carroll Canyon DAR, is estimated to cost approximately $125 million.

Project Benefits

The proposed project will: 

• provide a backbone of multi-modal transportation facilities; 

• provide facilities to enable the use of transit and encourage carpooling; 

• increase mobility for all users of the I-805 corridor; 

• provide consistency with the 2030 Regional Transportation Plan, Pathways for the Future, where feasible and in compliance with federal and state regulations; 

• maintain or improve current traffic levels of service and travel times within the corridor; and, 

• protect or enhance the human and natural environment along the I-805 project area.