After 15 Years, Spring Valley Residents Ask: What's Happening with the SR-94/125 Fix?

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Dec 5
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This interchange sees tens of thousands of drivers each day with many commuters coming from multiple communities across San Diego.

Spring Valley residents have urged state transportation officials to continue prioritizing a long-envisioned state route interchange project.

The Spring Valley Community Planning Group sent a letter to Caltrans asking the agency the status of a multi-phase project that would add extra lanes and a freeway connector at the interchange of state routes 94 and 125. The more than $275 million project was first proposed more than 15 years ago.

Christopher Pierce, chair of the planning group, said members decided to send the letter following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s appointment of a new Caltrans director earlier this year.

“We pushed hard, wrote some letters trying to bring it back to the front burner and put some attention on it because it is a big bottleneck for commuters of multiple communities.”—Christopher Pierce, Spring Valley Community Planning Group Chair

Over 83,000 vehicles travel through southbound SR-125 between the Lemon Avenue on-ramp and Spring Street off-ramp, creating congestion for commuters from Lemon Grove, La Mesa and other nearby neighborhoods. ...the rest of the story