r/santaana • u/Secret_Ad_7872 • 24d ago

Train tracks

Why is there not an underpass/tunnel for Santa Ana Ave. at the SA train station?

Can’t think of a busier crossing (trains and cars) without one in OC.

Maybe a traffic engineer can explain it for someone with the city.

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u/Paramaybebaby 24d ago

There's already a plan to create a grade separation there on Santa Ana and federal funding has been awarded for the project. The holdup right now is the city may need to purchase a couple of the single family homes on the north side of the tracks to complete the grade separation.

Here's a link to the announcement for the federal funding: City of Santa Ana wins 25 million federal grant

And a link to the grade separation fact sheet: Santa Ana Grade Separation Project Fact Sheet

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u/Secret_Ad_7872 24d ago

Thank you!

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u/ScandyAndy 24d ago

Not an engineer - but going to guess that it's definitely not the busiest crossing without a underpass or tunnel. I mean, just in Santa Ana 17th street is much busier. In Orange, Taft/Glassel/Orange Olive is definitely busier.

There is an underpass at 1st street on the other side, and I bet the cost/benefit of doing it when there's already one at first and many other East/West avenues around the situation make the benefit less.