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Caltrans Presentation of New Interchange at Road 148 and State Route 198 - Receive a presentation and provide comments regarding the New Caltrans Interchange at Road 148 and State Route 198.
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Deadline for Action: 12/16/2024
Submitting Department : Engineering & Building Department
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Rebecca Keenan, Senior Civil Engineer, Rebecca.Keenan@visalia.city, 713-4541
Christopher Crawford, City Engineer, Chris.Crawford@visalia.city, 713-4331
Jason Huckleberry, Eng. & Bldg. Director, Jason.Huckleberry@visalia.city, 713-4495
Mohamad A. Annan, Caltrans Project Manager, mohamad.annan@dot.ca.gov, 243-3832
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council receive the presentation from the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) regarding the new interchange at Road 148 and State Route 198.
Background Discussion:
The City of Visalia has partnered with Caltrans and the Tulare County Association of Governments (TCAG) to begin the preliminary planning of a brand new multi-modal, gateway interchange to be located on State Route 198 (SR 198) at the Road 148 alignment. The City's 2014 General Plan Circulation Element identifies future circulation needs, based on the Tulare County Association of Governments (TCAG) Regional Travel Demand Forecast Model (RTDFM), which models future traffic volumes along streets that connect future land uses (i.e., residential and non-residential uses). The regional model is based on each city's and the county's general plan, and this model was used to identify future traffic volumes along local, collector, and arterial roads and freeways. The circulation element identifies the type of street, and when it should be implemented, to ensure that there is sufficient roadway capacity to accommodate traffic generated by planned future development. The 2014 circulation element identified a 11-25 year timeframe for the arterial street and interchange to be constructe...
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