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Department of Transportation recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign the following:
1) Resolution 035-2022 amending a speed restriction on Saratoga Way;
2) Resolution 036-2022 amending a speed restriction on Ponderosa Way; and
3) Resolution 037-2022 adding a parking restriction on Bayne Road.
FUNDING: Road Fund (100%).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Department of Transportation, Maintenance and Operations Division (Transportation) conducted two speed surveys and one no parking survey.
1. SARATOGA WAY
The first survey conducted addressed speed restrictions on Saratoga Way from Sacramento County line easterly to El Dorado Hills Boulevard. The survey was initiated due to the County of El Dorado accepting the newly constructed segment of Saratoga Way into the County Maintained Mileage System. In the survey, Saratoga Way was split into two segments. Segment one started at the Sacramento County line and extended to Finders Way. Segment two contains the existing speed zone of forty-five (45) miles per hour (mph) from Finders Way easterly to El Dorado Hills Boulevard, sanctioned by Resolution No. 091-2021. The survey showed the 85th percentile speeds of fifty-one (51) mph for both segments, which justifies a radar-enforced fifty (50) mph speed zone that is in accordance with the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (CAMUTCD). However, due to moderate grades, curvilinear alignment, limited sight distance, and observed number of pedestrian and bicyclists, it was recommended the need for a further reduction to five (5) mph to a forty-five (45) mph speed zone.
Based on California Vehicle Code, Section 22358, which allows local authorities to establish speed limits based on an "Engineering and Traffic Survey," the West Slope Traffic Advisory Committee held a meeting on December 16, 2021, and voted unanimously to establish a forty-five (45) mph speed restriction on Saratoga Way from Sacramento County line easterly to El ...
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