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TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Kenneth C. Gilbert, Director of Public Works
DATE: October 7, 1994 (Council Meeting 10--19-94)
SUBJECT: Consider Authorizing Transmittal of a Letter to Caltrans
in Support of Safety Improvements at the Railroad Crossing
on Route 118 West of the City
DISCUSSION
Caltrans and the Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SPRR)
have been working together over the past several months in
preparation for an upcoming project to jointly construct roadway
surface improvements at the rail crossing on Route 118 west of the
City. Those planned improvements are limited to surface
improvements at the rail crossing an the immediate approaches to
same.
On September 14, 1994, the City Council Transportation and Streets
Committee and City staff met with Supervisor Howard and County
staff to discuss this joint Caltrans/SPRR project. Both City and
County officials expressed their support of these planned
improvements. However, both parties expressed concern about the
"ridability" of the road at this location and expressed an interest
in requesting that Caltrans construct modifications to the present
vertical and horizontal alignment of the roadway in order to
provide for improved traffic safety. It was suggested that both
the City and the County send letters to Caltrans formally
requesting that the upcoming planned improvement project be
modified to include these additional safety improvements.
RECOMMENDATION
The Transportation and Streets Committee recommend that the City
Council authorize the Mayor to forward a letter to Caltrans
requesting the additional safety improvements to Highway 118 at the
rail crossing west of the City, as discussed in this report.
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