Highway 17 Wildlife and Regional Trail Crossings and Trail Connections
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024020745
Lead Agency
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Document Title
Highway 17 Wildlife and Regional Trail Crossings and Trail Connections
Document Type
FIN - Final Document
Received
Document Description
To improve wildlife passage, habitat connectivity, and regional trail connections the proposed project would construct a wildlife undercrossing and a separate multi-use trail overcrossing of State Route (SR) 17 near Lexington Reservoir, south of the Town of Los Gatos. The Project would also include wildlife directional fencing and escape ramps, electrified mats, sound walls, and new trails adjacent to the overcrossing and in other locations throughout the project area.
Contact Information
Name
Jared Hart
Agency Name
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Los Gatos, unincorporated area
Counties
Santa Clara
Regions
San Francisco Bay Area
State Highways
17
Waterways
Lexington Reservoir, Trout Creek
Other Location Info
The project area is along SR 17 from the Bear Creek Road overcrossing in unincorporated Santa Clara County (post mile [PM] 4.1) to 0.7 miles south of the Main Street overcrossing in Los Gatos (PM 5.8).
Notice of Completion
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality
Development Types
Transportation:Highway/Freeway (wildlife undercrossing and pedestrian overcrossing)
Local Actions
capital improvement
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Attachments
Final Document(s) [Approved_Certified draft environmental documents]
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