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Authorize the Director of Resource Management to add the Truck Routes Map, by addendum, to the Road Improvement Standards and Land Development Requirements
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Published Notice Required? Yes _____ No __ X __
Public Hearing Required? Yes _____ No __X___
DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Resource Management recommends that the Board of Supervisors authorize the Director of Resource Management to add the Truck Routes Map, by addendum, to the Road Improvement Standards and Land Development Requirements.
SUMMARY:
Over the last few years, the Department of Resource Management has been responding to various impacts from trucks traveling along unincorporated routes that were not identified for large or heavily loaded vehicles. These impacts include significant pavement damage, inadequate turning radii (resulting in stuck trucks and/or damaged infrastructure), public complaints, and increased accident rates.
The Department has conducted a technical evaluation to identify safe and efficient truck routes, which are defined as roads that are better suited for truck travel based on factors such as existing use, commercial connectivity, structural design, and compatibility with city-designated truck corridors. This designation helps guide future capital project planning and provides the commercial trucking industry with improved wayfinding to reliable routes.
The next step is to formally adopt these designated roads as official truck routes through an addendum to the Road Improvement Standards and Land Development Requirements. With Board approval of the Truck Route Map addendum (Attachment A), the Department will install "Truck Route" signage along the designated corridors. Once the routes are signed, the Department will initiate the comment and public noticing process to establish enforceable load limits and return to the Board at a future date with those recommendations.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The cost to implement the truck routes t...
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