REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
BY: ANDREW J. BENELLI, PE, City Engineer/Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Traffic Operations and Planning
SUBJECT
Title
Approval of revised Route 99 Freeway Agreement with State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) (Council Districts 1, 2, and 3)
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the revised Freeway 99 Agreement and authorize the Public Works Director to execute the agreement.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Caltrans has secured funding to rehabilitate and improve State Route 99 from El Dorado Street to Clinton Avenue. The project will reconstruct the freeway pavement and several bridges, but will also improve freeway operations by adding auxiliary lanes. The project includes re-construction of the freeway interchange at Olive Avenue, removal of the existing entrance and exit ramps at Belmont Avenue and at McKinley Avenue, and removal of the Teilman Avenue overcrossing. These modifications necessitate the execution of a revised Freeway Agreement between the City and Caltrans.
BACKGROUND
The State Route 99 Rehabilitation project will replace much of the existing asphalt and concrete travel lanes from El Dorado Street to Clinton Avenue on the north. The project includes replacing several existing bridges and building retaining walls to provide space for a future additional lane in each direction. A new interchange will be constructed at Olive Avenue with roundabouts on each side of the freeway to connect to the entrance and exit ramps. The existing southbound entrance ramp and northbound exit ramp at McKinley Avenue will be removed. The entrance and exit ramps at Belmont Avenue will also be removed and not replaced. The Teilman Avenue overcrossing will be removed. New cul-de-sacs will be constructed on each side of the freeway where Teilman will end. The limits of the revised Agreement extend on the...
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