Federal total: 18.8%
12.5% Surface Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)
6.3% One Bay Area Grant (OBAG2)-FAS Local Streets and Roads
State total: 9.4%
9.4% State Match Program Funds
Local total: 71.8%
40.9% Gas Tax (SB1/RMRA)
29% Measure J Regional
2.0% Measure J Return to Source
The Contra Costa County Public Works Department will construct the Kirker Pass Road Northbound Truck Climbing Lane Project, which includes a northbound truck climbing lane and paved shoulders for future Class II bike lanes (“Project”). The Project is intended to improve circulation for motorists and bicyclists along this stretch of road. The road is frequently used by commuters and has heavy truck traffic. With sustained grades steeper than 10 percent, trucks are unable to match the speed of other vehicles on the roadway, causing significant congestion and impacting traffic flow. Project elements will include roadway widening for the truck climbing lane, paved shoulders for future Class II bike lanes, relocation of drainage features, retaining wall construction; installation of signage and striping; construction of two bioretention areas; roadway conforms due to change in grade; and relocation of other existing roadside features. An open grade asphalt concrete overlay will be placed along the southbound and northbound lanes within the project limits. Construction is scheduled for 2019.
On October 18, 2016, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors approved the Project and adopted the Project-related Mitigated Negative Declaration. The Notice of Determination was filed with the Contra Costa County Clerk on October 20, 2016.
Since the Project and MND were approved, the Project has changed to include approximately 4,300 feet of additional open grade asphalt overlay on the northbound and southbound lanes of Kirker Pass Road between the North Hess Road intersection and approximately 140 feet east of 6141 Kirker Pass Road, in the Pittsburg area of unincorporated Contra Costa County. The total revised length for placement of the open grade asphalt overlay is about 10,500 feet. The Project also includes a conform at Hess Road due to changes in grade of about 300 feet. Public Works Department environmental staff reviewed these Project changes under the Air Quality, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Transportation/Traffic sections of the MND to determine if the Project changes resulted in a substantial change to the project that would require a subsequent environmental impact report or subsequent negative declaration under CEQA Guidelines section 15162.. Public Works Department environmental staff have determined that the changes do not result in a substantial change to the Project that would require a subsequent environmental document. Public Works Department staff also have determined that there are no substantial changes to the circumstances under with the Project will be constructed, and no new information, that would require a subsequent environmental document. For these reasons, Public Works Department staff recommend approving both (1) the additional Project features, and (2) the CEQA Addendum pertaining to these additional Project features, in accordance with CEQA Guidelines section 15164.
The Project Changes will not be approved.