Shell Beach Road Shared Use Path
Extension Phase 2 Update
Agenda Item 12.A
By Eric Eldridge, City Engineer
Meeting Date: September 16, 2025
Shell Beach Road - Phase 2
Background
The Shell Beach Road multi-use bicycle and pedestrian pathway is identified in the:
•1986 South Palisades Specific Plan
•1992 General Plan - Sunset Palisades Planning Area Design Element and Land Use Element •2008 City’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan
•2010 City's Complete Street Plan
•2016 Circulation Element
•2021 Shell Beach Road Streetscape project – Phase 1
Shell Beach Road - Phase 2
•Separate Class I multi-use path on the west side of Shell Beach Road
•Approximately 1.4 miles
•From Avila Beach Drive Roundabout to Spyglass Drive
•SLO County right-of-way between the roundabout and
park-and-ride facility which is under construction at Avila Beach Drive and the city limit line approximately 800 ft north of El Portal Drive.
Shell Beach Road - Phase 2
The Shell Beach Road Shared Use Path project between
Spyglass Drive and Avila Beach Drive will include the
following elements:
•10-foot-wide Class 1 multi-use path
•Traffic calming elements such as narrower lanes, striped median islands, and landscaping buffers
•Safety lighting for roadway and path users
•On-street bicycle facilities
•Crosswalks improvements
Shell Beach Road - Phase 2
Costs:
•Initial Conceptual Project Funding Estimate - $10 million •Current 30% engineering design cost estimate - $13
million
Funding Sources:
•Caltrans Highway 101 managed 3rd lane Project
•Caltrans augmentation from project Capital Cost Savings
Shell Beach Road - Phase 2 - Funding
•SLOCOG
•Five Cities Multimodal Transportation Network Enhancement Project (FCMTEP); Bob Jones Trail and Shell Beach Shared Use Path (SBSUP) Phase 2 & Phase 3. •SB-1 Trade Corridor Enhancement Program (TCEP)
•Congressional Community Project Funding (CPF)
•State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) redirected and reprogrammed from other County projects not shovel ready for construction •State Highway Operations and Protection Program (SHOPP) Complete Streets funds •SLOCOG continues to support the project and the City and will work to secure funding for construction
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