As Menlo Park moves toward revamping its El Camino Real corridor, regional plans are calling for a facelift of the entire roadway.
The City and County Association of Governments (C/CAG), a joint powers group that represents all 20 cities in San Mateo County, is in the planning stages of a regional El Camino Real improvement project.
“We’re looking to transport people and freight up and down the El Camino corridor with ease,” said Walter Martone, transportation manager for C/CAG.
C/CAG will provide matching funds up to $50,000 for cities that demonstrate plans for improving El Camino Real “from city line to city line,” Mr. Martone said. Grants are also available to assist with development and transportation plans, he said.
The most-recent proposals presented at the Menlo Park study session meet the goals of the region-wide plan, he said. “Higher-density housing near mass transit is what we want to see,” he said. “Everything Menlo Park is doing seems right to us.”
At the study session, the council gave city staff direction to work actively with C/CAG.
The city will also be joining the “Grand Boulevard” project, orchestrated by the San Mateo County Transit District, and backed by public agencies and interest groups, including C/CAG.
The project is a dual-county study of how to improve El Camino in Santa Mateo and Santa Clara counties, meshing retail, housing and transportation.
The type of funding available through the project hasn’t been defined, said Menlo Park City Manager David Boesch.
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