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Newsby StaffDecember 9, 2025

California's OCTA Releases 2025 Next 10 Plan to Accelerate Transportation Improvements Through 2035

The plan, approved by the OCTA board, incorporates the most recent sales tax revenue forecast, external funding assumptions, and refined project schedules and costs.

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Newsby StaffApril 15, 2025

Southern California's OCTA Authorizes Emergency Rail Stabilization Work

The board unanimously approved a resolution authorizing OCTA CEO Darrell E. Johnson to take all necessary steps to protect a vital stretch of track through San Clemente, where recent landslides, beach erosion, and degrading riprap pose a serious threat to the rail line.

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Newsby StaffApril 2, 2025

California's OCTA Says Coastal Rail Stabilization Requires Emergency Action

OCTA’s first action was to issue a request for information for contractors to provide dredging and transport options to expedite the sand placement component of the projects. OCTA expects to place approximately 540,000 cubic yards of sand.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 12, 2025

California's OCTA Advances Priority Coastal Rail Projects

The move is another decisive step in the ongoing effort to protect and stabilize the coastal rail line through San Clemente to help ensure safe and uninterrupted rail service.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsMarch 20, 2024

Damaged Southern California Rail Line Set to Resume Service

The OCTA, which owns the track through San Clemente, worked in partnership with Metrolink, which operates regional passenger rail service, to build a 200-foot-long wall at Mariposa Point, to safely re-establish service on the track.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsNovember 7, 2023

Southern California’s Metrolink, Amtrak Provide Expanded Customer Options

The new expanded codeshare reciprocity will run as a pilot program currently slated to end June 30, 2024.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsOctober 18, 2023

SANDAG Taps HDR to Provide Environmental, Conceptual Engineering for LOSSAN Realignment

The firm has worked with SANDAG since 2020 on the San Diego Regional Rail Alternatives Analysis and Conceptual Engineering Study that set the groundwork for the realignment.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseMarch 14, 2023

OCTA Focused on Longer-Term Rail Stabilization Efforts

The action comes just two weeks after the OCTA board approved a framework for addressing the rail issues in Orange County to help ensure uninterrupted rail service for passenger and goods movement along the second busiest rail line in the nation.

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NewsApril 20, 2022

California's LOSSAN Names Interim Managing Director

Jason Jewell replaces Donna DeMartino, who served as managing director since January 2020.

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NewsFebruary 22, 2022

Calif.’s LOSSAN Teams with Icomera to Upgrade Onboard Connectivity

The Pacific Surfliner travels along a 351-mile coastal rail route through San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties, serving 27 stations.

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