Roads & Infrastructure

The Ardath Road Project

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The intersections of Ardath Road, La Jolla Shores and Torrey Pines, commonly referred to as "the throat", with over 70,000 average daily trips (ADT's) is the second busiest and the worst choke point in the entire City of San Diego.

Fortunately, my Council Colleagues and I have approved the a process to reconfigure and fix this intersection. When completed the reconfiguration of "the throat" will result in a 60% delay reduction and 65% queue reduction. This means less time spent waiting in long lines of cars on Torrey Pines and Ardath Road.

The Project provides for realigning the La Jolla Shores Drive/Torrey Pines Road and Ardath Road intersection by constructing medians on Torrey Pines Road and Ardath Road, and by closing the Ardath Road access road. Hidden Valley Road will also be realigned with the new intersection as well as concurrent water and sewer pipeline replacement consisting of replacing 1,600-feet of 16-inch Water, relocating approximately 1,200-feet of water main, relocating 4,700-feet of sewer main, and using trenchless technology to rehabilitate 1,200-feet of sewer main. The first phase of this work involves the relocation of the existing Torrey Pine Trees which will eventually be incorporate into the final landscape plan.

During the construction, this project will minimize the impact to the existing traffic flow as much as possible by maintaining two lanes in each direction for all work performed during the day. This will be accomplished by reducing the existing lane width slightly and shifting traffic over while work is performed on the adjacent portions of the existing streets. This will also involve removal of existing medians and the installation of temporary traffic lanes over them to allow the traffic to be diverted.

By coordinating the water and sewer work in this area along with that work further South on Torrey Pines Road, we will avoid the all too common practice of doing work, resurfacing a street only to have it dug up again the following month. This is an example of smart planning that I have been pushing since taking office.

This work has already begun with the Torrey Pine tree movement and the beginnings of the water and sewer work on Torrey Pines. Most of the intersection work will be done at night to allow for the minimum disruption to traffic flows and to residents as possible. The work will be done is small segments and two lanes of traffic will be kept open at all times. Should you have any questions about this project call the project manager, Mike Arnold at (619) 533-3754 for the intersection work and George Freiha at (619) 533-7449 for the water and sewer work on Torrey Pines.

As the project progresses, I will continue to update this web site with information about this important project.