To replace a changeable message sign (CMS) on Southbound State Route 73 (SR-73) and replace loops and install V-Signature technology at existing census stations
Summary
SCH Number
2025081004
Public Agency
California Department of Transportation, District 12
(DOT)
Document Title
To replace a changeable message sign (CMS) on Southbound State Route 73 (SR-73) and replace loops and install V-Signature technology at existing census stations
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/22/2025
Document Description
The project proposes to replace one changeable message sign (CMS) on Southbound State Route 73 (SR-73) and replace loops and install V-Signature technology at existing census stations on SR-261 in the cities of Laguna Beach/Irvine and Tustin/Anaheim Hills in Orange County. All work will occur within Caltrans Right of Way. The project will need state funding only. This is an ITS minor B project. The Disturbed Soil Area (DSA) for the project is anticipated to be less than 1.0 acre.
Contact Information
Name
Iffat Qamar
Agency Name
Caltrans - District 12
Job Title
Associate Environmental Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Irvine, Newport Beach, Orange
Counties
Orange
Regions
Southern California
Other Location Info
SR-73 (PM 20.7); SR-261 (PM 5.8)
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CCR Tit. 14 § 15301(c)
Reasons for Exemption
Existing highways and streets, sidewalks, gutters, bicycle and pedestrian trails, and similar facilities (this includes road grading for the purpose of public safety, and other alterations such as the addition of bicycle facilities, including but not limited to bicycle parking, bicycle-share facilities and bicycle lanes, transit improvements such as bus lanes, pedestrian crossings, street trees, and other similar alterations that do not create additional automobile lanes).
County Clerk
Orange
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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