Approve Caltrans Freeway Maintenance Agreement
Associated with the I-405 Improvement Project
December 16, 2025
BACKGROUND
The City has a current Freeway Maintenance Agreement with Caltrans that was most recently amended in 2016, with prior versions dating back to 1978 The Freeway Maintenance Agreement identifies areas of responsibility for each agency in areas where jurisdictional boundaries abut or overlap The nearly completed Interstate 405 Improvement Project changed many conditions that previously existed, necessitating the Freeway Maintenance Agreement changes
Magnolia Overcrossing
HEIL AVE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING
NEWLAND ST OVERCROSSING
EDINGER AVE OVERCROSSING
EDWARDS ST. OVERCROSSING
NEED/WHY/BENEFITS
The recommended new Freeway Agreement updates responsibilities and clarifies jurisdictional boundaries along the freeway corridor The agreement helps to protect both parties interests in the event of legal actions/liability claims by limiting/defining areas of responsibilities The agreement also includes an update to cost sharing details for traffic signals both along the freeway corridor and along Beach Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway (both State Highways)
RECOMMENDATION
Approve the new Freeway Maintenance Agreement and Electrical Cost Sharing Agreement with the State Department of Transportation and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement and minor approve minor amendments to the agreement in the future
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