Future
The western portion of SR 78 in North County is currently slated for several improvements. There were plans to construct an additional interchange at Rancho Del Oro Road in Oceanside; however, the Oceanside City Council decided to cancel these plans in 2005, despite studies suggesting that this would be detrimental to the traffic in the region. There are also plans to improve the interchange with I-5, which currently involves a traffic signal connecting Vista Way and SR 78 with the ramps to I-5 southbound. Plans call for adding more lanes to I-5 and SR 78 as well as for the construction of a new ramp from SR 78 westbound to I-5 southbound and from I-5 southbound to SR 78 eastbound. In the past, there was a direct ramp from SR 78 westbound to I-5 southbound which avoided this traffic signal; however, it was removed to construct a park and ride lot. The interchange at Nordahl Road will also be improved, and extra lanes will be added between Nordahl Road and I-15; construction commenced in early 2012.
In the Imperial and Riverside County portion from Brawley to Blythe, the road goes through several washes. During the monsoon season, these washes can be left with several inches of water, sand, and rock debris following rainstorms. There is a proposal to improve drainage by raising the roadway and installing culverts.
There are plans to build a bypass around the downtown portion of the city of Brawley. An expressway would carry the routing of SR 78 north and east of the city, with an interchange at SR 111, before intersecting with the current alignment of SR 78. A Swedish company began construction on this bypass in April 2008; the second phase of the bypass was projected to take until late 2010 to complete. However, on the third phase of the project, construction only began in late 2010 and is expected to take until early 2013 to be finished. This project was identified in August 2010 as a project that could be affected by California state budget cuts.
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