- The purpose of this web site it to inform people about the approved proposal to widen Hwy1 to three lanes being pushed by, among others, the Santa Cruz County Business Council, (SCCBC). The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission voted on Thursday July 1st to approve the proposal. The vote was 6-4. The widening is predicted to cost $245 million (a quarter of a Billion dollars!) ...www.hwy1.org