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PRESS RELEASE

Release Date: August 26, 2024

Amazon Project: Improvements to

Abbott St. & Harris Rd.

Salinas, CA – Residents may see work begin soon on Abbott St. and Harris Rd. as part of the Amazon warehouse project. As a requirement in the Salinas Ag-Industrial Center (SAIC) Specific Plan that was approved by the City Council in 2010, all of the backbone infrastructure necessary to support the entire 257-acres of the Plan area including internal roadways is to be completed by the first development project; in this case, Amazon. 

Those improvements include:

• Abbott Street: Widening to a 96 ft Major Arterial section
• Harris Road: 65 ft. – 81 ft. Signal improvements and road Improvements including undergrounding utilities
• New sewer, water and storm drain lines installed on Harris with trunk extensions for future use
• Installation of new domestic well site and expanded water distribution lines
• Dayton Street: Extended 1400+ feet as a two-lane street to intersect with “A Street” (one of the new streets that will run through the project site)
• Highway 101 at Abbott Street: Installation of a ramp metering signal on the southbound onramp to control traffic entering the Highway

The process with development of the SAIC land for commercial use, in addition to the required offsite infrastructure improvements, can be a complex process. Given the complexity, the project timelines from Amazon and permit issuance may be fluid, but the offsite improvements might begin as early as this month, with the structure/onsite work to begin in September and October. This multi-phase project is projected to take several years to complete.

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