San Diego City and US Navy have signed an exclusive deal agreement for the redevelopment of Naval Base Point in Loma Old Town Campus into a massive transit hub. The NAVWAR base is located near Interstate 5 and covers an area of 70.5 acres. The scope of works involves construction of central terminus for buses and trains as well as people-mover or shuttle to the airport.

The hub will connect San Diego International Airport with the rest of the county’s transit infrastructure. In exchange for redeveloping a portion of the land into a transit hub, the county will build new facilities to house the thousands of Naval cybersecurity experts and contractors — including the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command.

Currently, the site NAVWAR consists largely of outdated World War Two-era airplane hangars. The Navy and SANDAG signed a memorandum of understanding in September 2019 to discuss and collaboratively draft a development plan. SANDAG’s board then approved $50 million in initial site-planning funds to be spent over the next five years.

The project might receive partial funding from the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, which signed a 10-year agreement with its airline partners in 2019 to fund improvements to public transportation to and from the airport. The project still has a long way to go and would need extensive environmental reviews, as well as various city, state and federal approval.s The total cost of the project is estimated between US$ 3.8 and US$ 4.7 billion.