Date:
September 16, 2026 04
To:
Board of Supervisors
Title
Set a Hearing for October 28, 2026:
Ashwood Street Corridor Improvement Project and Right-of-Way Acquisition - Set a Public Hearing to Consider Adoption of a Resolution of Necessity and Related CEQA Findings (District: 2)
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Overview
Ashwood Street is a key transportation corridor in the community of Lakeside. Designated as a major road in the County of San Diego’s General Plan, it stretches just over a mile and serves as an important connection between neighborhoods, schools, parks, and SR67. It also links the community to nearby tribal facilities, including the Barona Reservation and the Barona Resort and Casino along Wildcat Canyon Road. The Ashwood Street Corridor Project (Project) will widen 1.3 miles from Mapleview St. to Willow Rd. The Project will improve safety by adding left-turn lanes and new signals at El Capitan High School and Ashwood St./Willow Rd, as well as improve pedestrian and bicycle facilities and trails.
Construction of the Project requires acquisition of property rights from eight properties to widen the existing right-of-way within the Project area (see Attachment B). All required rights are partial acquisitions, generally consisting of linear strips of property parallel to the existing road and driveways, which do not impact any residential homes or business structures. Three of the eight properties are owned by public entities, and the required property rights will be acquired through donation and/or declaration as part of a future Board action. The remaining five properties are privately owned. To date, three of the five private property owners have signed real property contracts agreeing to sell the required interests to the County. Those three contracts have been approved under the authority of the Director of the Department of General Services. Contracts to acquire property interests from the remaining two private property owners are outstanding. Over th...
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