Thermal/Oasis Active Transportation Project
Summary
SCH Number
2023030604
Lead Agency
Riverside County
Document Title
Thermal/Oasis Active Transportation Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
County Right-of-Way, Residential, Agricultural, Tribal Lands
Document Description
The County, in cooperation with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), proposes to construct approximately 14 miles of multi-function trail and sidewalk infrastructure in the communities of Thermal and Oasis in the eastern Coachella Valley, Riverside County. The project area is also within tribal land of the Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians (TMDCI). The general route is a multi-function trail loop that runs along 66th Avenue, Pierce Street, 74th Avenue and Harrison Street, with an additional segment extending north along Harrison Street to Echols Road. and a sidewalk along Middleton Street between Harrison Street and 66th Avenue. An additional sidewalk would supplement the multi-function trail on the portion of 66th Avenue between Harrison Street and Tyler Street.
Contact Information
Name
Don Copeland
Agency Name
County of Riverside Transportation Department
Job Title
Associate Transportation Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Countywide, Nationwide, Statewide
Cross Streets
66th Avenue, Pierce Street, 74th Avenue and Harrison street
Zip
92274
Total Acres
212
Parcel #
751-080-010
State Highways
86, 11
Railways
N/A
Airports
N/A
Schools
Desert Mirage High School, Oasis Elementary School
Waterways
Whitewater River
Township
7S
Range
8E
Section
9
Base
San Bern
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy (CVMC), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), California Transportation Commission (CATC), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW)
Development Types
Transportation:Other (Multi-Use Trail and Sidewalk)
Local Actions
Transportation
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Recreation, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian
Local Review Period Start
Local Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from state reviewing agencies]
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