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Kraemer Boulevard, Glassell Street, Grand Avenue Corridor Regional Traffic Signal
<br />Synchronization Project
<br />September 16, 2025
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<br />traffic signal synchronization and intelligent transportation system improvements along
<br />the corridor through the cities of Anaheim, Brea, Orange, Placentia, Santa Ana, and
<br />California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). The project will include data
<br />collection, design, construction, signal timing optimization, and ongoing operation and
<br />maintenance. This project is primarily a technology project that will upgrade existing
<br />traffic signals with new control cabinets, sensors, communication devices, and fiber
<br />optic cables where needed.
<br />On May 13, 2024, the OCTA Board of Directors awarded the City of Santa Ana and
<br />partnering agencies (the cities cited above) $4,568,526 for the Project which requires a
<br />20% funding match in the amount of $1,142,132, of which the City of Santa Ana's share
<br />is $381,277 ($351,277 cash and $30,000 in -kind staff time). City of Santa Ana was
<br />elected to lead the project on behalf of the partnering agencies due to staff's experience
<br />with similar projects, the significance of this corridor in the Santa Ana traffic signal
<br />synchronization network, and the fact that the majority of the traffic signals on the
<br />corridor are owned and operated by City of Santa Ana.
<br />On October 15, 2024, City Council authorized an appropriation adjustment recognizing
<br />$4,568,526 in Measure M2 grant funding. On April 1, 2025, City Council approved a
<br />cooperative agreement and appropriation adjustment recognizing $760,855 in matching
<br />funds from the cities of Anaheim, Brea, Orange, and Placentia which allows the City to
<br />receive the necessary matching funds from the partnering agencies to complete the
<br />project funding. The total Measure M2 grant funding and match commitments from the
<br />participating agencies, including Santa Ana's share, is $5,710,658. This funding will be
<br />used for the design and build of intelligent transportation system improvements and
<br />implementing and maintaining inter -jurisdictional traffic signal synchronization for a two-
<br />year operation and maintenance period. At the end of the two-year period, responsibility
<br />for ongoing signal timing maintenance will revert to the respective local agencies.
<br />Funding for Santa Ana's portion of ongoing routine signal timing maintenance is
<br />budgeted annually in the Special Gas Tax Fund for Traffic Signal Maintenance.
<br />The Kraemer Boulevard, Glassell Street, and Grand Avenue corridor extends 15 miles
<br />from Lambert Road in the City of Brea to Dyer Road in the City of Santa Ana. The
<br />corridor connects the northern Orange County limits to the center of Orange County,
<br />encompassing 61 signalized intersections controlled by the cities of Anaheim, Brea,
<br />Orange, Placentia, Santa Ana, and Caltrans (Exhibit 1). The corridor serves a mix of
<br />residential, schools, retail, and large commercial land uses with traffic volumes ranging
<br />from 13,000 in the cities of Brea and Placentia, up to approximately 46,000 in Anaheim,
<br />and more than 40,000 vehicles daily in Santa Ana. The high traffic volumes and mix of
<br />land uses demand a well -synchronized traffic signal network to manage the peak traffic
<br />demand. The proposed traffic signal synchronization and improvements will enhance
<br />traffic flow along the corridor by reducing travel time, stops, delays, and traffic
<br />congestion.
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