WESTERN PLACERVILLE INTERCHANGES

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The project will provide for improvements on and around U.S. 50 at the western end of the City of Placerville.

Improvements include:

• Replacement and widening of the Forni Road/Placerville Drive U.S. 50 Overcrossing
• Improved operations at the Forni Road/Placerville Drive/U.S. 50 interchange
• New ramps at the existing Ray Lawyer Drive overcrossing
• Auxilliary lanes between the Forni Road/Placerville Drive/U.S. 50 interchange and the Ray Lawyer Drive interchange
• Local road improvements to Forni Road/Placerville Drive and Fair Lane

 

 

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RECENT ACTIVITY/PROJECT STATUS
In November 2005, the City Council certified the EIR/EA and selected Alternative D as the preferred alternative for the final design. FHWA approved the environmental Findng of No Significant Impact on May 15, 2006. The final project report, dated January 2008, has been approved, signed, and received by EDCTC and the City of Placerville. The Cooperative Agreement for the PS&E phase has been signed, approved, and executed.

The $360,000 in RTIP funding intended for use as local match for the Federal Earmarks/Appropriations was approved for allocation by the CTC at the September 20, 2008 meeting.

A Request for Authorization to proceed with the PS&E Phase was submitted to Caltrans Local Assistance on April 30, 2008 and approved on July 30, 2008. A Notice to Proceed with the development of the PS&E phase of the Western Placerville Interchanges project was issued to Dokken Engineering by the City of Placerville on October 1, 2008. The City has retained Dokken Engineering as their design consultant, and Liz Diamond will be serving as the Project Manager.