North Nojoqui Grade Capital Preventative Maintenance and Drainage Project

The North Nojoqui Grade Capital Preventative Maintenance and Drainage Project, identified by Streambed Alteration Agreement EPIMS-SBA-45998-R5, is an initiative led by the California Department of Transportation to improve 3.75 miles of State Route 101 in Santa Barbara County between postmiles 52.34 and 56.09. The scope of work includes replacing culverts and headwalls, shortening culverts, adding rock slope protection, and constructing a 450 linear foot vegetated rock slope protection embankment. The agreement has been amended to address an increase in vegetation impacts and an expanded sediment removal footprint at project location 2, which requires additional fish and wildlife protection measures. Executed pursuant to Fish and Game Code section 1602, the project received approval from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, acting as the responsible agency. The approval is based on a Mitigated Negative Declaration, with specific mitigation measures and a monitoring and reporting plan adopted as conditions for the project to ensure no significant environmental effects occur within the jurisdiction of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The project is categorized under NAICS code 237310 and is managed through Caltrans District 5.