At a Calaveras County Board of Supervisors meeting on Dec. 8, the board held a public hearing and unanimously approved a resolution of necessity to acquire property interests through eminent domain in order to carry out the State Route 4 Wagon Trail Project.
The Wagon Trail project, which has formally been in the works since 2001, aims to realign and improve a roughly six-mile stretch of Highway 4 between Copperopolis and Angels Camp.
The road has changed little from its original course in the 19th century, when it carried wagons to and from Calaveras County long before the advent of the automobile.
âThe narrow width and non-engineered geometry of the roadway, combined with large traffic volumes (5,000 vehicles per day), reduce roadway operating speeds to approximately 25 to 35 mph and precipitate a higher than average accident rate throughout this segment (66 collisions in the most recent three-year period),â the meeting packet reads. âAs development continues with
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Oregon Transportation Commission Approves Transportation Funding Plan
December 16, 2020
SALEM
On Tuesday, the Oregon Transportation Commission approved an initial plan to invest more than $2.2 billion in different types of transportation projects through the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (known as the STIP) for 2024 to 2027. The STIP funds construction projects and a variety of transportation programs, including roads and bridges, bicycle, pedestrian, and public transportation.
In its action, the Commission invested record amounts in public transportation, pedestrian and bicycle programs while also providing funding to improve safety and preserve roads and bridges. Oregon has a broad range of transportation needs that cannot be fully met by existing resources, said Oregon Transportation Commission Chair Robert Van Brocklin. We must stretch scarce resources to address a diverse set of prio