SR-55 Expansion Joint Seal Assembly Repair Project
Summary
SCH Number
2026070106
Public Agency
California Department of Transportation, District 12
(DOT)
Document Title
SR-55 Expansion Joint Seal Assembly Repair Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
7/2/2026
Document Description
This Director’s Order will remove and place the failed Joint Assembly Unit (JSA) with a new unit. The cost estimate for the repair is roughly $590,000.
This work will be completed during the evenings to minimal traffic impacts to Interchange connector ramps and freeway. There is no soil disturbance as all work will occur on the bridge structure within the existing CT ROW.
Contact Information
Name
Carmen Lo
Agency Name
Caltrans District 12
Job Title
Associate Environmental Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Santa Ana, Tustin
Counties
Orange
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
SR-55/I-5 Expansion
State Highways
SR-55/I-5 Expansion
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Cal. Code Regs. tit. 14 § 15301 - Existing Facilities
Reasons for Exemption
Class 1 consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use. The types of "existing facilities" itemized below are not intended to be all-inclusive of the types of projects which might fall within Class 1. The key consideration is whether the project involves negligible or no expansion of use.
(c) 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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