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The San Ramon City Council is set to consider making final decisions Tuesday on designs for proposed Iron Horse Regional Trail overcrossings for the intersections with Bollinger Canyon and Crow Canyon roads.
The overhead bridges would aim to improve safety and traffic flows for drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists at the two thoroughfares’ junctions with the trail.
The council provided positive feedback about tied-arch and cable-stayed bridge designs (shown generically at right) in late April, and now city officials are looking for final direction Tuesday.
Staff recommends the councilmen choose between tied-arch and cable-stayed styles for the main bridge span at Bollinger Canyon Road and confirm their earlier preference for a tied-arch main span at Crow Canyon Road, according to Lisa Bobadilla, city transportation division manager.
If a final design decision is made Tuesday, the city would then begin environmental review for the project this summer and advocate for future grant funding, Bobadilla said.
The environmental analysis would be presented to the public next winter or spring, with final adoption to follow in fall 2016, she added. Officials would then start applying for regional, state and federal grants for the construction phase.
The project, with early stages funded primarily through the Measure J county transportation sales tax, is a collaborative effort among the city, Contra Costa County and the East Bay Regional Park District.
The trail overcrossings discussion is the main item for the council’s open-session meeting, set to begin at 7 p.m. inside the council chambers at 2222 Camino Ramon. The councilmen will gather before the regular meeting for site visits at the two trail intersections.
In other business
* The council will consider introducing an ordinance amending the city municipal code to state that city public works contracts shall require compliance with prevailing wage laws.
“Adoption of the ordinance amendment should have little fiscal impact on the city as to pure public works contracts because those contracts have required payment of prevailing wage for many years,” interim city attorney Bob Saxe wrote in his report to the council. “There could be an impact with some maintenance contracts which are a hybrid of public works and other tasks not considered to be public works.”
The councilmen are set to hold a public hearing and first reading of the proposed ordinance Tuesday evening, with final consideration scheduled for Aug. 25.
* The council will vote to fill two expiring terms on the Open Space Advisory Committee. Incumbents John Youngblood and Jian Yao were the only applicants, according to city staff.
* Planning services division manager Debbie Chamberlain will present recognition from the city to Dennis Viers for his 11 years of service as a planning commissioner.
* The council will receive updates on the new City Hall and City Center projects.
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Glad they are moving ahead with this. I cross Crow Canyon on my bike most days of the workweek on my commute. Hope they are in place before I retire ;=)
You could get across faster, and with less disruption to traffic, if they simply split the crossing in two. Be way faster and cheaper than a bridge, to set up, as well.
I don’t understand. What do you mean “split the crossing in two”?
Pedal Power – if you mean to stop the pedestrians half way across then let them proceed the rest of the way then you have missed the point. There will still be hundreds of pedestrians stopping traffic so they can cross. Like the woman that was killed last week crossing against the light, many still choose to press their luck. Creating a grade separation is the safest way to allow unlimited crossing AND improve commute traffic to/from Dougherty Valley.