Camino
Area Parallel Capacity
and Safety Study
Background:
On November 14, 2006, the El Dorado County Transportation Commission
(EDCTC) held its first of two public open houses regarding the Camino Area
Parallel Capacity/Safety Study.
Since that meeting, the Project Team has been working diligently to identify
potential strategies to address the safety and operational concerns along
US 50 surrounding the Camino area. To ensure the broad participation crucial
to the Camino Area Parallel Capacity/Safety Study process, EDCTC identified
key community groups and business representatives to form the Camino Stakeholder
Advisory Committee (SAC).
The purpose of the Committee was to provide policy guidance to EDCTC during
the development of the study and to assist in the dissemination of information
to their respective groups.
SAC membership includes representatives from the following groups and organizations:
The EDCTC has
received valuable input from the community and key stakeholders through the
public outreach process. The second Public Meeting on April 12 provided the
Project Team an opportunity to update the public and gather further input
from the community on the accident history of US 50 and potential safety improvement
strategies.
These opportunities provided input on the draft report and recommendations
that were circulated to the EDCTC and El Dorado County Board of Supervisors
to gain direction on subsequent project development phases.
A Summary Report has been prepared by the EDCTC in collaboration with the
El Dorado County and California Departments of Transportation as an information
piece to identify relatively lower cost, near-term alternatives addressing
existing safety issues on the US 50 Corridor in the Camino Area. The purpose
of the report is to discuss the issues related to each alternative presented,
not to identify preferred strategies.
The Summary Report was submitted to EDCTC commissioners on September 6, 2007
for review and to the Board of Supervisors on September 11, 2007. To view
the Summary Report, click on the links below.
The report is a large file to download as a single document. Therefore,
it has been divided into sections for best efficiency in downloading. A hard
copy is available for review at the EDCTC office. A CD copy of all
documents below is available at cost upon request.
Summary
without the Appendices (640 kb)
Appendix
A - Proposed Project Vicinity (518 kb)
Appendix
B - Circulation Map (741 kb)
Appendix
C - Collision Diagram (4,196 kb)
Appendix
C - Collision Summary (21 kb)
Appendix
D - Alt C (3,222 kb)
Appendix
D - Alt E (6,393 kb)
Appendix
E - Traffic Counts (85 kb)
Appendix
F - CHP Report (34 kb)
Appendix
F - TASAS2 (17 kb)
Appendix
F - TASAS (17 kb)
Appendix
G - Safety Strategy Matrix (26 kb)
Appendix
H - Still Meadows Accel lane cost (17 kb)
Appendix
H - Still Meadows accel lane (259 kb)
Appendix
I - Newtown Connection (11,890 kb)
Appendix
J - UC Alternatives (5,359 kb)
Appendix
J - UC cost (17 kb)
Appendix
J - UC Profiles (105 kb)
Appendix
K - Local road alternative matrix (35 kb)
Appendix
K - Local Road Align Alternatives (5,785 kb)
Appendix
L - Caltrans Letter (38 kb)
Appendix
L - EDCTA Letter (2,314 kb)
Appendix
L - El Dorado Union High Letter (60 kb)
Appendix
M - Timeline (693 kb)
December 10, 2007 Stakeholder Advisory Committee Meeting Summary (click here)
STUDY
SUMMARY
EDCTC conducted a study to identify near-term strategies to improve safety
and operations on U.S. 50 and the surrounding Camino area.
To identify possible safety improvements, EDCTC analyzed accident data, performed
field observations, and gathered stakeholder input to target near-term solutions.
These improvements may include:
For
more information:
please contact Dan Bolster at
(530) 642-5262
or e-mail
dbolster@edctc.org.
