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{Woodacre}Marin County considers road-widening project in Samuel P. Taylor State Park
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Date:
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Time:
9:00 AM
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11:30 AM
Event Type:
Panel Discussion
Phone:
(415) 388-2524
Location Details:
County officials will hold an informational meeting at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Woodacre Improvement Club, 1 Garden Way in Woodacre, to present the initial results of the county's work on repair plans.
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County considers road-widening project in Samuel P. Taylor State Park
A narrow and winding stretch of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard through Samuel P. Taylor State Park is in line for an estimated $5.4 million in repairs.
"It's an old concrete road," said Dave Bernardi, a county engineer. In coming up with plans to fix the 5.4 miles of road, the county has also been looking into the possibility of providing bicycle lanes in each direction and a process for filtering runoff before it reaches Alginates Creek, he said.
Because long stretches of the road hug the creek and are lined by old redwoods, widening the roadbed to accommodate two bikes lanes is not a simple task.
"We're hoping for 4 feet on both sides," Bernard said. "That's clearly one of the challenges we are going to look at." The county's policy is to add bicycle lanes as part of major road repairs.
The project would stretch from Shafter Bridge to Platform Bridge Road.
About 1,500 cars per day - similar in traffic levels to Miller Creek Road in Marinwood or Point San Pedro Road in San Rafael - travel that stretch of Sir Francis Drake
Boulevard, Bernardi said.
Money for the repairs and improvements will come from Measure A, the transportation sales tax approved by local voters in 2004.
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A narrow and winding stretch of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard through Samuel P. Taylor State Park is in line for an estimated $5.4 million in repairs.
"It's an old concrete road," said Dave Bernardi, a county engineer. In coming up with plans to fix the 5.4 miles of road, the county has also been looking into the possibility of providing bicycle lanes in each direction and a process for filtering runoff before it reaches Alginates Creek, he said.
Because long stretches of the road hug the creek and are lined by old redwoods, widening the roadbed to accommodate two bikes lanes is not a simple task.
"We're hoping for 4 feet on both sides," Bernard said. "That's clearly one of the challenges we are going to look at." The county's policy is to add bicycle lanes as part of major road repairs.
The project would stretch from Shafter Bridge to Platform Bridge Road.
About 1,500 cars per day - similar in traffic levels to Miller Creek Road in Marinwood or Point San Pedro Road in San Rafael - travel that stretch of Sir Francis Drake
Boulevard, Bernardi said.
Money for the repairs and improvements will come from Measure A, the transportation sales tax approved by local voters in 2004.
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