FREEWAY GAP CLOSURE ON STATE ROUTE 198

FREEWAY GAP CLOSURE ON STATE ROUTE 198

THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL CONNECT TWO EXISTING FREEWAY SEG- MENTS BY UPGRADING THE PRESENT FOUR LANE EXPRESSWAY TO A FOUR LAND FREEWAY AND ULTIMATELY A SIX LANE FREEWAY. ROUTE 198, IN THE PROJECT AREA, IS THE MAJOR CONNECTOR BETWEEN THE CITY OF VISALIA AND STATE ROUTE 99, THE PRIMARY NORTH-SOUTH TRANSPORTATION FACILITY IN THE CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. AS SUCH, SR 198 SERVES AS THE MAIN ROUTE FOR THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND GOODS INTO AND OUT OF THE CITY OF VISALIA AS WELL AS SERVING SEQUUIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS TO THE EAST. THE PROJECT IS NEEDED TO RELIEVE CONGESTION AND IM- PROVE SAFETY FOR MOTORISTS USING ROUTE 198.

Visalia

Tulare

Air Resources Board, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California State Lands Commission (SLC), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Department of Housing and Community Development, Department of Water Resources, Regional Water Quality Control Board, Region 5, Resources Agency, Resources, Recycling and Recovery, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality

Transportation:Local Road (ROAD IMPROVEMENT)

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Transportation, Vegetation, Wildlife