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Community Development Agency, Transportation Division, recommending the Board receive and file a presentation regarding the status of the Mount Murphy Road at South Fork American River - Bridge Replacement Project, CIP 77129. (Est. Time: 1 Hr.)
FUNDING: Highway Bridge Program. (100% - Federal)
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Community Development Agency, Transportation Division (Transportation), recommending the Board receive and file a presentation regarding the status of the Mount Murphy Road at South Fork American River - Bridge Replacement Project (Project), CIP 77129.
Transportation will continue work on the environmental process and the Environmental Impact Report for the Project with the focus on Alternative 1 and qualitative analysis of Alternatives 2 and 3. Transportation will return to the Board for Project approval at a later date.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On February 4, 2014 (Item 24), the Board received a presentation on the completion of Phase 1A of the Project in the form of a Feasibility Study. The results of this Study demonstrated that rehabilitation of the existing bridge is not feasible. The Board subsequently directed staff to complete Phase 1B, whereby several alternatives were studied and narrowed down to three (3) alternatives.
On December 16, 2014 (Item 47), the Board received a presentation regarding the status of Phase 1B, after the completion of a series of three Stakeholder Advisor Committee workshops held at the Gold Trail Grange (Grange) in Coloma. Materials from the workshops and meeting minute summaries are posted on the Project website at www.edcgov.us/MtMurphyBridge
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A public workshop was held at the Grange in late January 2015 to present these results to the public and to formally announce the beginning of the environmental process by issuance of the Notice of Preparation.
Transportation and their consultants have continued work on the technical analysis of the three al...
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