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Environmental Impact Statement - Sonoma Land Trust

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California Department of Fish and Game<br />

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services<br />

Section 3.10. Traffic and Transportation<br />

• Mare Island/Highway 37 westbound ramps<br />

• Wilson Avenue/Highway 37 eastbound ramps<br />

• Wilson Avenue/Highway 37 westbound off-ramp<br />

• Highway 29/Highway 37 eastbound off-ramp<br />

• Highway 29/Highway 37 westbound off-ramp<br />

The results of the analysis found that several intersections and approaches<br />

operated at an unacceptable LOS based on <strong>Sonoma</strong> County LOS criteria. These<br />

intersections included: Lakeville Highway/Highway 116 (LOS D), Highway<br />

116/Highway 121 (LOS F), and Highway 29/Highway 37 eastbound off-ramp<br />

(LOS E).<br />

Transit<br />

The Project area does not contain any thoroughfares intended for public use and<br />

the Project sites are therefore inaccessible to road transit. A portion of the NWP<br />

line, which is presently owned by the SMART District, traverses the Project site<br />

from west to east and the alignment hooks north near the Project’s eastern<br />

boundary. Although the rail line is currently inactive, the North Coast Railroad<br />

Authority (NCRA) is proposing to resume freight rail service on the alignment as<br />

part of an existing Operating Agreement with SMART. Freight service operation<br />

is anticipated to begin as early as the summer of 2008 (Kleinfelder 2007). 1<br />

Bikeways<br />

No designated bikeways currently exist or are proposed to exist in the Project<br />

vicinity.<br />

Planned Improvements<br />

Lakeville Road is maintained by <strong>Sonoma</strong> County north of Highway 37. The<br />

County is considering widening Lakeville to four lanes in this area (Wetlands and<br />

Water Resources 2005b).<br />

1 The rail line was reactivated in July 2011.<br />

Sears Point Wetland and Watershed Restoration<br />

Project Final <strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Impact</strong><br />

Report/<strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Impact</strong> <strong>Statement</strong><br />

3.10-6<br />

April 2012<br />

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