Laguna Creek Inter-Regional Trail Crossing at State Route 99 Project (WTL016)

Laguna Creek Inter-Regional Trail Crossing at State Route 99 Project (WTL016)

The City of Elk Grove (City), in cooperation with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), proposes to construct a segment of the Laguna Creek Inter-Regional Trail system (LCIRT) which includes a pedestrian overcrossing spanning West Stockton Boulevard, State Route (SR 99), and East Stockton Boulevard; a multi-use trail east of the pedestrian overcrossing; and a pedestrian bridge spanning Whitehouse Creek in the City of Elk Grove. The City of Elk Grove has a network of multi-use trails that are located throughout the City, including the LCIRT system. The LCIRT generally follows the Laguna Creek, which flows along a roughly west-east alignment between Franklin Boulevard and Grant Line Road. The LCIRT provides users access to schools, employment, commercial centers, recreational amenities, and community facilities; however, a significant gap in the system is created by the barrier of SR 99 where users are forced off the trail and onto local roads that lack adequate safe pedestrian and bicycle facilities. With the LCIRT at SR 99 Project (Project), the City will close that gap, providing a safe route across the barrier by constructing a pedestrian overcrossing over SR 99, East Stockton Boulevard, and West Stockton Boulevard. Additionally, as part of the gap closure, the Project will construct a multi-use trail east of the overcrossing and a pedestrian bridge over Whitehouse Creek, thereby completing the pedestrian/bicycle facilities. The purpose of the Project is to fill the final gap and complete the City’s LCIRT. This Project is needed to provide additional opportunity to utilize active modes of transportation and reduce the number of trips in motorized vehicles. The proposed segment of the LCIRT consists of a Class I bikeway that will connect to an existing segment of the LCIRT which currently terminates at West Stockton Boulevard and at the northern embankment of the Laguna Creek Bypass Channel. An approximately 760-foot-long concrete overcrossing will then extend east, carrying the LCIRT over West Stockton Boulevard, SR 99 and East Stockton Boulevard where it will then parallel the northern bank of Laguna Creek for approximately 980 feet. A prefabricated truss bridge with a concrete deck will then carry the LCIRT over Whitehouse Creek where it will connect with a segment of the LCIRT currently under final design and environmental permitting (previously called the Laguna Creek and Whitehouse Creek Multi-Functional Corridor Project – WDR018). The trail would be approximately 10-feet wide and paved, with 2-foot-wide unpaved shoulders. The trail would also be elevated above the existing ground surface elevation by approximately 2 feet. Post-and-cable fencing would be installed at the edges of the unpaved shoulders, to prevent entry by pedestrians into the surrounding areas. Right-of-way acquisitions and temporary construction easements are needed where the LCIRT passes through privately-owned parcels and will be obtained during final design of the Project. Below ground and aerial utility relocations are also anticipated and would be completed prior to construction. Additionally, a Caltrans Encroachment permit will be required to accommodate the proposed overcrossing structure that will carry the trail over SR 99, which is a Caltrans owned facility.

Elk Grove

Sacramento

Citywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 3 (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 Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water

Recreational (Pedestrian and Bicycle Trail and Overcrossing)

Recreational/Trail

Aesthetics, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Noise, Tribal Cultural Resources, Vegetation