Meeting with California Transportation Commission

Commissioners Fred Keeley, Manu Koenig, and Eduardo Montesino met with California Transportation Commissioner (CTC) Carl Guardino and staff from both agencies on October 20, 2025, regarding the Active Transportation Program (ATP) Cycle 6 grant award for the Coastal Rail Trail Segments 8 through 11 project.

The meeting was held to discuss potential options for delivery of the Segments 8 through 11 project in light of significant construction cost escalation since the time of the original grant award. Commissioners inquired whether the RTC could retain the full Cycle 6 ATP grant amount while reducing the project scope to phase Segment 11 to a later date. Segment 11 represents approximately 2.5 miles of the total 6.7-mile project, and the CTC indicated that a one-third reduction in length is significant and would be unlikely to retain the full funding award. CTC staff said that they could still consider this request but would need to review a side-by-side comparison of project benefits between the original project scope and the proposed reduced-scope project. CTC staff confirmed that no additional ATP or other program funding is available to address the unprecedented cost escalation affecting transportation infrastructure projects statewide. CTC staff also expressed an openness to creative delivery approaches, such as an interim trail, that could achieve cost savings.

RTC Documents are here:

https://www.sccrtc.org/meetings/regional-transportation-commission/agendas/

Original video is here:

https://youtu.be/J4cE6Pz_U54?si=twHZsN6hTylIiwXY