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01-08-2008, 12:24 PM
Sacramento County officials are moving to improve White Rock Road - a popular commuter alternative to Highway 50.
The county is seeking the public's input on issues involving the planned widening and safety improvements to a 12-mile stretch of White Rock Road from Sunrise Boulevard east to the Sacramento-El Dorado County line.
Because of new development south of Highway 50 and the availability of funding, the county proposes to change the timing of the work, moving it to the list of pre-2010 projects, said Sabrina Okamura-Johnson, project manager with the county's Department of Environmental Review and Assessment.
"This is a critical transportation link in the east county area," said Dean Blank, a civil engineer overseeing the project in the county Department of Transportation.
White Rock Road parallels Highway 50 and is popular with commuters seeking an alternative route linking Rancho Cordova, Folsom and El Dorado Hills.
According to the most recent traffic count, conducted in August, 7,500 vehicles travel the section between Prairie City and Scott Road-East Bidwell Street daily, Blank said. The heaviest traffic occurs during morning and evening commute hours.
The western portion of the project, approximately four miles, is within the city of Rancho Cordova. Mark Thomas, a senior engineer with the city's Public Works Department, said the road is an important route serving Rancho Cordova's business parks and the city will time its work to coincide with the county's project.
Of the approximately 7.8 miles in the unincorporated area, the section from the Rancho Cordova boundary to just west of Grant Line Road would involve widening White Rock Road to four lanes, with two lanes in each direction separated by a raised center median. Bike lanes and roadside ditches also would be constructed.
Phase B runs from west of Grant Line Road to about 1,000 feet east of Prairie City Road. It would involve a new alignment of White Road with a sweeping curve replacing a segment of the roadway that includes 90-degree turns, substandard curves, dips and rises in the roadway, according to the project description.
Phase C would retain the two-lane road between Prairie City Road and the Sacramento-El Dorado County line. But the current 10-foot lanes would be widened to 12 feet, and narrow shoulders would be widened to 6 feet, Blank said. The roadway also would be striped for bicycle lanes.
Blank said funding is available for Phase B, but has yet to be secured for the other two phases of the county project.
Okamura-Johnson said the county seeks public input to determine topics to be covered in the draft environmental impact report. That report is scheduled for release in August. Written comments should be submitted by the end of January.
The project description is available online at Home Page | Department of Environmental Review and Assessment, County of Sacramento (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 1 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.).
Comments may be sent to Joyce Horizumi, Environmental Coordinator, Department of Environmental Review and Assessment, 827 Seventh St., Room 220, Sacramento, CA 95814, or submitted via e-mail to To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 1 or greater. You currently have 0 posts..
The county is seeking the public's input on issues involving the planned widening and safety improvements to a 12-mile stretch of White Rock Road from Sunrise Boulevard east to the Sacramento-El Dorado County line.
Because of new development south of Highway 50 and the availability of funding, the county proposes to change the timing of the work, moving it to the list of pre-2010 projects, said Sabrina Okamura-Johnson, project manager with the county's Department of Environmental Review and Assessment.
"This is a critical transportation link in the east county area," said Dean Blank, a civil engineer overseeing the project in the county Department of Transportation.
White Rock Road parallels Highway 50 and is popular with commuters seeking an alternative route linking Rancho Cordova, Folsom and El Dorado Hills.
According to the most recent traffic count, conducted in August, 7,500 vehicles travel the section between Prairie City and Scott Road-East Bidwell Street daily, Blank said. The heaviest traffic occurs during morning and evening commute hours.
The western portion of the project, approximately four miles, is within the city of Rancho Cordova. Mark Thomas, a senior engineer with the city's Public Works Department, said the road is an important route serving Rancho Cordova's business parks and the city will time its work to coincide with the county's project.
Of the approximately 7.8 miles in the unincorporated area, the section from the Rancho Cordova boundary to just west of Grant Line Road would involve widening White Rock Road to four lanes, with two lanes in each direction separated by a raised center median. Bike lanes and roadside ditches also would be constructed.
Phase B runs from west of Grant Line Road to about 1,000 feet east of Prairie City Road. It would involve a new alignment of White Road with a sweeping curve replacing a segment of the roadway that includes 90-degree turns, substandard curves, dips and rises in the roadway, according to the project description.
Phase C would retain the two-lane road between Prairie City Road and the Sacramento-El Dorado County line. But the current 10-foot lanes would be widened to 12 feet, and narrow shoulders would be widened to 6 feet, Blank said. The roadway also would be striped for bicycle lanes.
Blank said funding is available for Phase B, but has yet to be secured for the other two phases of the county project.
Okamura-Johnson said the county seeks public input to determine topics to be covered in the draft environmental impact report. That report is scheduled for release in August. Written comments should be submitted by the end of January.
The project description is available online at Home Page | Department of Environmental Review and Assessment, County of Sacramento (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 1 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.).
Comments may be sent to Joyce Horizumi, Environmental Coordinator, Department of Environmental Review and Assessment, 827 Seventh St., Room 220, Sacramento, CA 95814, or submitted via e-mail to To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 1 or greater. You currently have 0 posts..