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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra
FROM: Supervisor Tom Torlakson
' Costa
April 25, 1995 `�" County
DATE:
SUBJECT: REFER TO THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE THE CONCEPT OF A FAR
EAST COUNTY THOROUGHFARE MASTER PLAN
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)i BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Refer to the Transportation Committee the
development of a Far East County Highway and Thoroughfare Master Plan to address
the transportation capacity and safety needs for the region east of Antioch. Request
the Transportation Committee to work with the Public Works and- Community
Development Departments, as well as with the Contra Costa Transportation Authority
and Metropolitan Transportation Commission, to coordinate resources and sharing of
information that will contribute to the development of an overall Master Plan to address
future transportation needs in Far East Contra Costa. Request the Transportation
Committee to develop a scope for such a Master Plan. Further, request the
Transportation Committee to identify means of compiling and financing such a study.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: While a great deal of work has been done
examining transportation needs in East Contra Costa, there is a need for an
integreated overall Master Plan. This Master Plan should look at the current demand,
and carefully project future highway and thoroughfare needs based on where jobs and
housing will be located in Far East County, as well as in the neighboring areas of
Alameda and San Joaquin Counties. The study should address capacity and safety
improvement needs, the costs of implementing the improvements and the various
financial resources and financial tools that could be used to accomplish the plan.
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ATTESTED April 25 , 1995
CC: Transportation Committee PHIL BATCHELOR.CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Public Works SUPERVI RS AND COUNTY ADWNISTRATOR
Community Development
BY GAIM L ,DEPUTY
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• Tom Torlakson
300 East Leland Road
Supervisor, District Five
Suite 100
Contra Costa County • Pittsburg,California 94565-4961
Board of Supervisors (510)427-8138
DATE: January 25, 1995
TO: Supervisor Jim Rogers, District I
Supervisor Jeff Smith, District II
Supervisor Gayle Bishop, District III
.Supervisor Mark DeSaulnier, District IV
FROM: Supervisor Tom Torlakson, District V
SUBJ: FAR EAST COUNTY HIGHWAY AND THOROUGHFARE MASTER
PLAN
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I am presenting to you the need for a Far East County
Highway and Thoroughfare Master Plan as part of my major
goals for District Five for 1995. 1 ask for your
consideration to endorse this planning effort. I will
formally introduce this Master Plan on the Board agenda in
the coming weeks. I will also be discussing this with
TRANSPLAN and the State Route 4 Bypass Authority.
While a great deal of work has been done examining the
transportation capacity and safety needs for the region east
of Antioch, an integrated overall Master Plan for Far East
County is needed. This Master Plan should look at the
current demand and carefully project future highway and
thoroughfare needs based on where jobs and housing will be
located in Far East County and the neighboring counties of
Alameda and San Joaquin.
In East County, SR 4 from Bailey Road east to the SR 4
Bypass project has appropriately been given top priority.
Extensive planning efforts are underway to pave the way for
a wider highway.
The Far East County Master Plan should similarly
pursue:
• The need for an Armstrong Road connector to J4 and
possibly SR4 near Discovery Bay.
o The need for a widened Vasco Road or an equivalent
connector to 1-580 and the Livermore area (SR84
Alignment) .
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Board of Supervisors ,
January 25, 1995
Page TWO
• The need for an I-205 connector from Byron to the
Tracy area (examining possible alignments of the
proposed SR237 ) .
• The need for capacity increase on other historically
rural county roads that will become major
thoroughfares .
Data collection and planning have been done with the
following efforts:
( 1 ) The TRANSPLAN Action Plan and Traffic Modeling
( 2 ) The SR4 Bypass EIR
(3 ) The East County Corridor Study
(4 ) The Los Vaqueros EIR
(5) The Contra Costa Byron Airport EIR
(6 ) EIRs and traffic studies for Discovery Bay West,
Cowell Ranch and other projects in the Antioch,
Brentwood and unincorporated area.
A Tri-valley regional planning effort is being launched
which will provide additional itportant data and planning
direction.
The Far East County Highway and Thoroughfare Master
Plan will update and integrate data and plans from these
various sources to provide a clear picture of the capacity
needs, the cost of these capacity expansions and a time
schedule for implementation. In addition to projecting
costs, this Master Plan should examine potential funding
sources .
TT:gro
cc: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
Val Alexeeff, GMEDA