Please Join us for a Community Meeting Thursday, June 6 @ 4:00 pm @ Montecito Union School

Highway 101: Santa Barbara Starts Late Summer

Freeway improvements will continue in Montecito and move into the Santa Barbara South segment  in late summer. In the Santa Barbara South segment, new freeway lanes and on- and off-ramps will be built between Olive Mill and Hermosillo Roads. In Montecito, new freeway lanes, bridges, and on- and off-ramps are under construction. Crews will work on the northbound side starting this summer with divided lanes (see below).

Please join us for a community meeting June 6 at 4:00 pm at Montecito Union School Auditorium, 385 San Ysidro Road, to review upcoming construction and staging.

DIVIDED LANES
To provide space for construction, the northbound lanes will be divided by safety barriers between Hixon and Olive Mill Roads from summer 2024 to summer 2025. One northbound lane will be located on the southbound side. The northbound off-ramps will close consecutively, so drivers can use the off-ramp before or after a closure. Lanes will be the standard 12’ wide throughout the divided lane area. A similar approach will be used to construct the southbound lanes in 2025.

BACKGROUND
Highway 101: Carpinteria to Santa Barbara is a project undertaken by Caltrans and SBCAG in cooperation with local agencies to add a new carpool lane in each direction between Carpinteria and Santa Barbara.  Highway 101: Carpinteria is the first segment under construction as part of Highway 101: Carpinteria to Santa Barbara project.