10-1M140 Highway 59 Phase 1 Widening and Widening Over Black Rascal Creek Project
Summary
SCH Number
2023090577
Lead Agency
California Department of Transportation, District 10
(DOT)
Document Title
10-1M140 Highway 59 Phase 1 Widening and Widening Over Black Rascal Creek Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Residential, Industrial, Open Space/Recreational
Document Description
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the City of Merced proposes to widen and improve State Route 59 from a two-lane roadway to four lanes from the 16th Street intersection to about 600 feet south of Buena Vista Drive. The Highway 59 Phase 1 Widening and Widening Over Black Rascal Creek project also proposes to replace the Black Rascal Creek Bridge and the South Fork Black Rascal Creek Bridge. Additional project features include standard shoulders, intersection improvements, Class 2 bicycle lanes, a striped two-way left-turn lane and median, and sidewalks.
Contact Information
Name
C. Scott Guidi
Agency Name
Caltrans
Job Title
District 10 Environmental Office Chief
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Merced
Counties
Merced
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
16th Street
Zip
95348
Total Acres
35
State Highways
State Route 99
Airports
Merced Regional Airport
Schools
Leontine Gracey Elementary School
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California Transportation Commission (CATC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW)
Development Types
Transportation:Highway/Freeway (Highway 99 Widening, Black Rascal Creek Bridge Widening)
Local Actions
Transportation
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Noise, Recreation, Transportation, 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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