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Green Valley Corridor Road Network Issues

Green Valley Corridor Road Network Issues. Regional traffic Local traffic Combined traffic. Regional Routes accessed Via Green Valley Road. Western Route End Point & Waypoint Area. Eastern Route End Point & Waypoint Area. Local Routes accessed Via Green Valley Road.

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Green Valley Corridor Road Network Issues

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  1. Green Valley CorridorRoad Network Issues • Regional traffic • Local traffic • Combined traffic

  2. Regional Routes accessed Via Green Valley Road Western RouteEnd Point & Waypoint Area Eastern Route End Point & Waypoint Area

  3. Local Routes accessed Via Green Valley Road Green Valley Critical Path: No parallel capacity, No nearby alternate route

  4. Combined Regional & Local Routes accessed Via Green Valley Road

  5. Combined Regional & Local Routes accessed Via Green Valley Road Same Critical Path

  6. Same Critical Path

  7. A growth issue:Road Network too sparse for good service in urban & suburban land use • Inadequate capacity on critical linkscauses congestion & delays. • Lack of parallel links limits road network capacity. • Lack of alternate routes produces additional delaysduring heavy traffic, road obstructions, and closures.

  8. Sacramento County’s urban & suburban road network is dense, El Dorado County’s road network is sparse.

  9. Icons for final slides, about viabilityof possible alternative solutions(yes, it’s tongue-in-cheek ratings for serious business) Flies a few feet & plops, just damage control Flies like a dodo Goes down in flames Flies great, costs zillions, annoys some folks It flies. Not dazzling, but gets us somewhere, annoys other folks This pig might fly

  10. Ways to improve traffic on Green Valley Road Starting with the silliest proposal and groping onward toward a solution… Reduce traffic volume, no changes to road: Buy back existing development & revert it to open space or rural land uses. Try to charge tolls for through traffic. Don’t worry about traffic. Just continue approving more new development along the Green Valley Corridor. Institute a moratorium on new development until the tooth fairy funds road system improvements.

  11. Ways to improve traffic on Green Valley Road Less-simple solutions have ranges of viability (2 icons), they depend on details… Build new small roads, including at least one additional arterial to relieve Green Valley traffic. Overall, give EDH a denser, better-connected road network Theoretically feasible, satisfies multiple objectives. Catch: $$$$. EDH roads could devour the entire County budget. Rebuild a lot of Green Valley Road to add capacity. -- Widen 2-lane to 4 or 5 lanes, Francisco to Cameron Pk. -- Replace signalized intersections with roundabouts. -- Be ready to widen the existing 4 lane section (west of Salmon Falls) to 6 lanes SOON. Feasible and not cheap, but cheaper than going for new roads to offload Green Valley.

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