AT&T Riverside 1(T-17907) Last Mile Infrastructure Project
Summary
SCH Number
2026050087
Public Agency
California Public Utilities Commission
(CPUC)
Document Title
AT&T Riverside 1(T-17907) Last Mile Infrastructure Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/4/2026
Document Description
The Riverside 1 Project is located in several cities and unincorporated areas of Riverside County. The project alignment includes the cities of Corona, Eastvale, Jurupa Valley, and Riverside. Major roadways include Border Avenue, El Cerrito Road, Chandler Street, Limonite Avenue, Indiana Avenue, Multiview Drive, Idaleona Road, and Mt. Vernon Avenue.
The project applicant, AT&T, originally proposed to place approximately 114 miles of underground or aerial fiber based on spatial data files dated February 2025. In October 2025, AT&T provided updated mapping to CPUC to depict their final plans for project implementation. The new mapping included 36.3 miles of aerial fiber, 36.5 miles of buried fiber, and 13.1 miles of underground fiber.
Aerial fiber would be placed on existing poles, which would include lashing fiber to existing AT&T strands and attachments. Where buried (i.e., existing conduit not present) or underground (i.e., existing conduit present) fiber would be installed, directional boring, micro-trenching, and/or open trenching methods would be used.
Contact Information
Name
Ruchita Acharya
Agency Name
California Public Utilities Commission
Job Title
CEQA Project MAnager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Corona, Corona, Eastvale, Jurupa Valley, and Riverside, Eastvale, Jurupa Valley, Riverside
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Border Avenue, El Cerrito Road, Chandler Street, Limonite Avenue, Indiana Avenue, Multiview Driv
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
SB 131 (2025) Statutory Exemption, PRC sec. 21080.51
Reasons for Exemption
Under Resolution T-17907 CPUC determined that this project falls within statutory exemption under CEQA.
(a) [CEQA] does not apply to a project undertaken by any entity, including a public entity or private or nonprofit corporation, that consists of linear broadband deployment in a right-of-way, including a right-of-way of a local street or road, if the project meets all of the following conditions:
(1) The project is constructed along, or within 30-feet of, the right-of-way of any public road or highway.
(2) The project is either deployed underground where the surface area is restored to a condition existing before the project or placed aerially along an existing utility pole right-of-way.
(3) The project incorporates, as a condition of project approval, measures developed by the Public Utilities Commission, the Department of Transportation, or the city, county, or city and county responsible for the right-of-way to address potential environmental impacts. At minimum, the project shall be required to include monitors during construction activities and measures to avoid or address impacts to cultural and biological resources.
(4) The project applicant agrees to comply with all conditions otherwise authorized by law, imposed by a city, county, or city and county as part of a local agency permit process, that are required to mitigate potential impacts of the proposed project, and to comply with the Keene-Nejedly California Wetlands Preservation Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 5810) of Division 5), the California Endangered Species Act (Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 2050) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code), as applicable, other applicable state laws, and all applicable federal laws.
(Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 24, Sec. 12. (SB 131) Effective June 30, 2025