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Carlsbad commission delays Terramar sidewalk decision, votes to resurface streets and study parking

Traffic Safety and Mobility Commission · April 6, 2026
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After extensive public comment warning that sidewalks would remove beach parking and worsen coastal access, the Traffic Safety and Mobility Commission voted to recommend pavement resurfacing now and defer sidewalk/curb decisions until the outcome of a pending redevelopment (NRG) and potential siting of Fire Station 7.

Tom Frank, the city’s transportation director and city engineer, reviewed concept designs and outreach results for the Terramar Area Coastal Improvements project, telling the commission the scope could include repaving and restriping Carlsbad Boulevard and Cannon Road and installing sidewalks on one or both sides of the street.

Frank said adding sidewalks would remove parking currently used on the dirt shoulder and that the estimated impacts vary by configuration: 23 spaces removed on the west side, 11 on the east side, and 34 if sidewalks were installed on both sides. He also said the city received roughly 347…

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