Next step for Palomar's North Campus 'so close'

Drivers on Interstate 15 may soon be seeing a change in scenery as the plans for Palomar College’s north satellite location draw closer to being signed off by the County of San Diego.

“We are so close,” said Dr. Bonnie Ann Dowd, assistant superintendent and vice president of finance and administration. “For the past five months, we have been in the process of going through the procedures of gaining EIR compliance, such as mitigating for the disturbance of the area with the fish and wildlife department.”

As part of the mitigation process, several permits had to be obtained for landscape disturb...