Next week — at 6 p.m. Thursday January 3 — Save South O will be sponsoring a community forum. The subject is the impact of the proposed Coast Highway Corridor plan on those who live in, shop in or visit South O.
The event is intended to help inform South O and other Oceanside residents about two Coast Highway Environmental Impact Reports. We believe it will be last public discussion of the Coast Highway EIR prior to the city’s January 14 deadline for submitting comments on the most recent EIR.
The event will be held at Beach Break Cafe, 1802 S. Coast Highway, Oceanside. It is scheduled to last 90 minutes.
The topics to be covered will include:
- The history of the city’s proposed Coast Highway plan and South O
- An overview of the five options being considered
- The impacts of each option on traffic and development south of Oceanside Boulevard
- How these will affect to local businesses
- The city’s approval process and how residents can get involved
Depending on the option selected, the EIRs predict that the Coast Highway plan will
- Increase congestion on Coast Highway by reducing the street from 4 lanes to 2
- Shift other traffic into neighborhoods parallel to Coast Highway
- Reduce public input into development projects on Coast Highway, while increasing their height and density of residential units
- Through increased density, increase traffic congestion on Coast, major East-West streets (including Cassidy and Vista Way), and at freeway on-/off-ramps
All residents of South O and Fire Mountain — as well as others who visit South O — are encouraged to attend.
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