Vision 980 Study Update

Agenda Items, , Leave a comment

At the June 12, 2025 BPAC meeting, Caltrans staff will provide an update on the Vision 980 Study and upcoming summer outreach events. Caltrans is seeking public feedback on three potential scenarios for reimagining the I-980 corridor between I-880 and I-580. Interested members of the public can sign up for email updates on the project website, where the new public survey and details on June in-person events will be posted.

An excerpt is below, followed by the full presentation.

Project timeline

  • Phase 1: Identify a new concept and vision for transportation and land use along the entire I-980 corridor.
    • Spring 2024 – Fall 2025
  • Phase 2: Perform a more detailed feasibility and technical analysis of the concept/vision.
    • Early 2026 – Late 2027

Scenarios & Strategies to Reconnect

  1. Planned Investments
  2. Improve Over/Under Pass Conditions
  3. Cap/Deck Over Travel Lanes
  4. Remove On/Off Ramps
  5. Narrow Roadway
  6. Reconnect Street Grid
  7. Demolish and Remove the Freeway
  8. New At-Grade Boulevard
  9. Reconfigure Freeway Interchanges

Enhance Corridor Scenario

  • Planned Investments
  • Improved Over/Under Pass Conditions
  • Enhances bicycle/pedestrian safety and experience
  • Does not create any additional crossings
  • No additional land for new development
  • Full freeway infrastructure remains in place
  • Lowest intervention and cost/time/construction impacts

Cover Corridor Scenario

  • Includes the Enhance corridor scenario improvements plus:
    • Cap/decks over the depressed freeway west of San Pablo Avenue and between 34th Street & I-580
    • Reconnects some street crossings west of San Pablo
  • Frees up to 14 acres of land for new open space, parks, and limited development based on community priorities.
  • Moderate intervention and cost/time/construction impacts

Remove Corridor Scenario

  • Includes the Enhance corridor scenario improvements plus:
    • Removes Interstate 980 and redirects traffic to new boulevard
    • Reconnects the street grid that existed before I-980
  • Reconfigures I-880 and I-580 interchanges to a new boulevard.
  • Frees up to 67 acres of land for new development based on community priorities for the full length of the freeway.
  • Highest intervention and cost/time/construction impacts

Presentation

Leave a comment