Border to Bayshore Complete Streets

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The Border to Bayshore Complete Streets project, formerly known as the Border to Bayshore Bikeway, is a $16.9 million package of complete street improvements in Imperial Beach, Otay Mesa West, Nestor, and San Ysidro. The centerpiece of the project is an under-construction 6.7-mile bikeway between the popular Bayshore Bikeway in Imperial Beach and the San Ysidro Port of Entry, the busiest land border crossing in the world.

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The Bayshore Bikeway will eventually extend 24 miles around the San Diego Bay, from Downtown San Diego south to Imperial Beach then along the Silver Strand to Coronado. The Border to Bayshore project aims to increase bike connectivity south of the Bayshore, allowing bike commuters to reach new neighborhoods and the international border at San Ysidro.

Design features along the bikeway and on nearby roads will include curb extensions, traffic circles, bus boarding islands, protected intersections, and ‘bend-out’ treatments.

An example of a ‘bend-out’ treatment (SANDAG)

The bikeway itself will be a combination of one- and two-way cycle tracks, buffered bike lanes, bike boulevards, and multi-use paths.

The project has remained relatively free of controversy, especially compared to other SANDAG bike projects, with a petition to stop the project gathering less than 60 supporters in 2024 before being unceremoniously closed.

Construction has also progressed relatively quickly since ground was broken on the project in the summer of 2023. The majority of the work remaining is smaller sections of the bikeway and cleanup work, and the project is expected to be officially completed by early 2027. The project was funded by the TransNet Regional Bike Early Action Program and by the State of California’s Active Transportation Program (ATP).