Elk Grove – Rancho Cordova – El Dorado Connector Project

1. Elk Grove – Rancho Cordova –El Dorado Connector Project Elk Grove – Ranch Cordova – El Dorado Connector Joint Powers Authority Project BriefingJPA Board Meeting – March 28, 2008

3. Phase I Study Outcomes • Draft Purpose and Need Statement • Preliminary Project Development • Draft Functional Guidelines • Environmental Screening • Costs and Funding Options (Limited) • Governance Options (Selected)

4. General Need • Mobility • To improve access to, and connections between, residential and employment areas lost or compromised due to increasing congestion • Land Use • To assist in preservation of open space and habitat that may be threatened as the region develops.

5. Draft Project Need • Options: Insufficient transportation options for personal and goods/freight movement to, from, and within the corridor. • Non-Local Traffic: Local streets increasingly subject to congestion and use by non-local traffic. • Emergency Access: Study area needs an all-weather transportation facility to enable emergency vehicle access. • Safety: Increasing traffic will degrade safety of existing facilities; improvements are needed to ensure safety and security of travel by all modes (automobile, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian). • Open Space Preservation: Development is encroaching on open space and wildlife habitat; planning is needed to preserve these resources and ensure access to open space. • Jobs-Housing-Transportation Access: Well planned transportation improvements needed to accompany and support housing and job growth to ensure that growth proceeds along planned patterns.

6. Draft Project Purpose • Mobility Enhancement: Enhance mobility options within corridor to serve and support growth and development patterns and principles from the approved MTP land use allocations, while minimizing impacts to livability of communities along the corridor. • Economic Development: Aid economic vitality by improving access to job centers and commercial areas, facilitating goods movement, and enhancing the attractiveness of existing and planned employment and commercial areas. • Balanced Transportation System: Provide efficient transportation options that balance transportation needs between local access and regional demand; enable flexibility among modes, while incorporating ITS elements where possible. • Open Space Preservation/Growth Management: Preserve open space, wildlife habitat, and productive agricultural uses and minimize growth inducement.

7. Functional Guidelines Principles • Improve Access and Connectivity • Support MTP and General Plans • Relieve Demand (Local and Regional) • Control Access / Minimize Growth Inducement • Enhance Mobility and Preserve Livability • Provide Efficient and Safe Facilities for all Modes • Minimize Physical Impacts • Preserve Open Space / Support Approved Plans • Permit Phased Implementation

8. Functional Guidelines Subjects • Connector Roadway • Capacity and Cross-Section • Access Characteristics • Profile • Design Aesthetics, Materials, and Maintenance • Transit Services • Non-Motorized Facilities • Open Space Preservation • Other Facilities

9. Alternatives • Alternative 1: Sunrise • Alternative 2: Grant Line • Alternative 3: Grant Line • Alternative 4: Bradshaw • Sheldon Variations (Apply to Alts 1, 2, and 3) • A: Bypass • B: Tunnel • C: At Grade

10. US-50 White Rock to US 50 50/Silva Valley Parkway I/C White Rock Douglas Mather Field Sunrise 6 Lane Bradshaw Jackson Hwy Grant Line I-5 I-5 to Bradshaw C-Direct Sheldon Community SR-99 B-Tunnel 4 Lane A-Bypass Kammerer 8 Lane Hwy 99/Grant Line I/C Common Design Features

11. US-50 White Rock Conflicts w/Rancho Cordova Planning White Rock & Grant Line I/C Douglas Mather Field Sunrise & Jackson I/C Sunrise Bradshaw Jackson Hwy Grant Line Sunrise & Grant Line I/C I-5 Class I Non-Motorized Trail C-Direct Sheldon Community SR-99 B-Tunnel Kammerer A-Bypass Alternative 1 Overview

12. US-50 White Rock White Rock & Grant Line I/C Douglas Mather Field Grant Line & Jackson I/C Sunrise Bradshaw Jackson Hwy Grant Line Class I Non-Motorized Trail I-5 C-Direct Sheldon Community SR-99 B-Tunnel Kammerer A-Bypass Alternative 2 Overview

13. White Rock & Grant Line I/C Grant Line & Jackson I/C Class I Non-Motorized Trail C-Direct B-Tunnel A-Bypass Alternative 3 Overview US-50 White Rock Douglas Mather Field Sunrise Bradshaw Jackson Hwy Grant Line I-5 Sheldon Community SR-99 Kammerer

14. US-50 White Rock & Grant Line I/C White Rock Conflicts with Rancho Cordova Planning Douglas Bradshaw & Jackson I/C Mather Field Conflicts with Sacramento County Planning Douglas & Grant Line I/C Sunrise Bradshaw Jackson Hwy Grant Line Class I Non-Motorized Trail I-5 Sheldon Community SR-99 Kammerer Bradshaw & Grant Line I/C Alternative 4 Overview

15. Environmental Screening • Resource Data collection • Floodplains • Socio-economic issues • Land use data • Preliminary Roadway Footprint • Draft Quantitative and Qualitative Measures

16. Screening Results • Some Differences Among Concepts • Natural Resources: Appear to be No “Fatal Flaws” • Potential Land Use and Socio-economic issues • Alternatives 1 and 4 • Alternatives Using Grant Line • Greater Growth Inducement Potential

17. Project Cost ($2006 in Millions)

18. Conceptual Project Phasing

19. Phase 1 Final Report Products • Draft Purpose and Need Statement • Project Conceptual Design • Travel Demand Analysis • Draft Functional Guidelines • Environmental Screening Analysis • Comparison of Concept Alternatives • Conceptual Project Cost / Funding Options (limited) • Project Phasing and Implementation