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Supervisor Hidahl and Supervisor Turnboo recommending the Board direct Department of Transportation to:
1) Prepare an analysis that would identify the preferred route alignment for a new roadway to connect Latrobe Road to the Sacramento County Line south of the El Dorado Hills Business Park;
2) Prepare a programmatic-level environmental analysis for the proposed alignment; and
3) Return to the Board with a proposed amendment to the Transportation and Circulation Element of the General Plan which would add the new roadway to Figure TC-1 Circulation Map. (Districts I and II)
FUNDING: Road Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Transportation and Circulation Element of the General Plan provides the framework for decisions in El Dorado County concerning the countywide transportation system and reflects the urban and rural diversity of the unincorporated areas of the County. The Circulation Element includes the Circulation Map (Figure TC-1), which depicts the proposed circulation system to support existing, approved, and planned development through 2035.
Since the General Plan was adopted in 2004, a significant amount of development has occurred in the County, particularly within the El Dorado Hills Community Region. As projects continue to come forward, particularly south of US Highway 50, and as development continues in neighboring jurisdictions, particularly Sacramento County and the City of Folsom, it has become apparent that a connection between Latrobe Road and White Rock Road would provide a great benefit to the circulation network in the area.
This new roadway would connect to Latrobe Road at the southern end of the El Dorado Hills Business Park and extend west to the County line, where it would tie-in to future Sacramento County improvements and continue north towards white Rock Road and the future Empire Ranch Road interchange at US Highway 50. Staff has had preliminary conversations with Sacramento County and confirmed that this new roadway w...
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