OCTA officials and city leaders from Fullerton, Placentia and Anaheim marked the start of construction on the final three projects in O.C. Bridges at a recent groundbreaking ceremony in Fullerton.
OCTA Directors Tim Shaw and Tom Tait and CEO Darrell Johnson joined Placentia Mayor Scott Nelson and Councilman Chad Wanke, Yorba Linda Mayor Craig Young, and Fullerton Mayor Doug Chaffee, Mayor Pro Tem Greg Sebourn, and Fullerton council members Bruce Whitaker and Jennifer Fitzgerald and other officials at the event.
Underpasses will be built at Raymond Avenue and at State College Boulevard and an overcrossing will be constructed on Lakeview Avenue where those streets intersect with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad.
The goal of the entire $630 million O.C. Bridges program is to separate car and pedestrian traffic from the busy rail line, enhancing safety and improving commute times by eliminating the need for drivers to wait at rail crossings.
Up to 70 trains – some more than one mile long – travel through the area daily. That number is expected to increase to nearly 130 trains each day by 2030.
There are seven O.C. Bridges projects. Undercrossing and bridges along the rail corridor also have been completed or are under construction as part of the program at Placentia Avenue, Kraemer Boulevard, Orangethorpe Avenue and Tustin Avenue/Rose Drive. Each of the projects is funded in part by Measure M, the county’s half-cent sales tax targeted for transportation improvements.
To promote awareness of progress and construction impacts, OCTA continues to reach out to the public through community events and meetings and through updates via email and on the website.
For more information projects on the O.C. Bridges Program, please go to O.C. Bridges Project Overview.
