Major development, freeways and border upgrades are coming to a formerly blank slate of prime land
Five years after cities across California lost redevelopment agencies as a crucial tool for economic growth, San Diego is taking advantage of the state’s partial revival of the concept.
That money will be on top of federal funds, which include more than $110 million to build State Route 11 and connect it to a new border crossing being called Otay 2, and $120 million to retrofit and upgrade the community’s existing border crossing. “There’s some legitimate questions about whether they’re building in a way that makes sense,” said Nicole Capretz, principal author of the city’s climate action plan and leader of the nonprofit Climate Action Campaign.
Cindy Gomper-Graves, chief executive of the South County Economic Development Council, said Otay Mesa will help strike a better balance between jobs and housing in South County. Hixson, the planning group leader, said the projects will include a variety of housing, such as townhomes and smaller units, not just single-family homes.
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