Trail Development Project  -    

During 2014 and 2015 the JPA Board has approved $55,000 for a Capital Improvement Project (CIP) to develop  ten miles of nature trail extending from Latrobe Road in El Dorado County (EDC), traversing through a segment in Sacramento County, and ending at Iron Point in Folsom.

The Trail Development Capital Project scope includes completing any CEQA action necessary; refining the trail's path in Sacramento County, Folsom, and EDC; engineering corrective measures throughout the 10-mile corridor for areas of constraint; smoothing and refining the existing riding surface in EDC and blazing a new riding surface in Sacramento County and Folsom; and providing signage for rail and trail sers throughout the project.

The most challenging element of the Project has been completing the CEQA analysis. At the November 3, 2014 JPA Board Meeting, the Board approved a $53,050 contract with Foothill Associates to perform resource studies along the 10-mile trail development project as required by the SPTC Master Plan EIR, and in support of preparing the CEQA analysis for the 3-mile segment of the project not already addressed under CEQA. The scope of work also included design refinement as needed for CEQA, and preparation of a Mitigated Negated Negative Declaration (MND) Project Description for the 3-mile segment of the project not already addressed under CEQA. 

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