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Caltrans outlines draft 10-year plan for Mendocino County, warns of budget cut and later timelines
Summary
Caltrans District 1 presented a draft 10-year SHOPP plan for Mendocino County projects, noting a recent 15% reduction to its performance plan and that most SHOPP work in the county is likely to be programmed in the 2031'035 window. The district invited local input as project scopes and years are refined.
Kirsten Thureson, asset manager for Caltrans District 1, told the Mendocino Council of Governments on Aug. 1 that the district's draft 10-year State Highway Operations and Protection Program (SHOPP) plan is still preliminary and has been reduced by about 15 percent from an earlier draft. "We were notified it's actually gonna be reduced by 15%," Thureson said, adding that the projects she presented are therefore draft and subject to change.
The presentation focused on the portion of the 10-year plan the district calls the SHOPP-eligible work concentrated on the last five years of the cycle (roughly 2031'035). Thureson said the district sets performance targets from the State Highway System Management Plan and that the current draft allocates about $1,500,000,000 across the district for five years of SHOPP-eligible work, down from about $1.8 billion in the previous cycle.
For Mendocino County specifically, Thureson outlined pavement projects on the county's state routes (three projects on Men 1, projects on Men 20 and multiple projects on Men 101), drainage and fish-passage work, seismic needs on bridges and several bicycle-pedestrian infrastructure or "complete streets" elements. She said the list of anchor pavement projects would be paired with satellite work to maximize SHOPP-eligible elements at each site and that those project lists were drawn from local community plans.
Thureson described specific local items the district plans to pursue in later SHOPP phases: extending project post-mile limits through Laytonville to incorporate safety crossings, a drainage investigation and continued coordination in Fort Bragg (with an approximate program window of 2030'032), and a Willits paving request that will allow additional public outreach in the community. She said the district will coordinate with the city of Willits, the county and MCOG as scopes are refined.
The presentation also previewed tools for ongoing local involvement: a new external-partner communication form to select levels of participation on projects and a project-book website that Caltrans will update quarterly with program, SHOPP and safety projects. Thureson said Caltrans will share the presentation materials after the meeting and encouraged written feedback from board members and partners.
Why it matters: the timeframe and the 15% reduction mean some projects will be pushed later in the schedule or require scope adjustments. Thureson closed by asking for continued community input and said the draft will be updated when the district receives a finalized performance plan.
The board did not take action on the presentation; the chair asked Caltrans to return to a future MCOG meeting for a project-specific update on Highway 1 in Gualala.
Next steps: Caltrans will provide the presentation materials to MCOG staff and continue outreach as the district finalizes the performance plan and refines project scopes.
