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Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Implementation Study for south Placer CountySeptember 8, 20065.4 PLACER PARKWAY CORRIDORFacility PlansThe objective of the Placer Parkway Corridor Preservation project is to identify and preserve an approximate15-mile corridor, between SR 65 and SR 70/99, ranging in width from 500 to 1,000 feet. The corridor width willvary among three segments:• East – 500 ft. wide from SR 65 to Fiddyment Rd.• Central -- 1,000 ft. wide from Fiddyment Rd. to Pleasant Grove Rd.• West -- 500 ft. wide from Pleasant Grove Rd. to SR 70/99The future four-to six-lane roadway will have up to seven interchanges:• SR 65 @ Whitney Ranch Parkway• Foothills Boulevard• Fiddyment Rd.• Watt Ave./Blue Oaks Blvd.• Up to two in Sutter County’s future South Sutter Co. Specific Plan area• SR 70/99 (between Riego Rd. and Sankey Rd.)Opportunities & ConstraintsThe Placer Parkway would provide a continuous median with a minimum width of 100 feet. This mediancould be used for future transit service. The Placer Parkway project includes a “no-development buffer” thatwould prohibit development on either side of the facility through the implementation of conservationeasements. There is the potential to develop express bus service along the corridor with park-and-ride lots atthe interchanges. Future bus service along the corridor could link South Placer County with futuredevelopment at Metro Air Park and/or the South Sutter Specific Plan area. Since there would be nodevelopment within 500-1,000 feet of the corridor right-of-way boundary, access to any future stations at theinterchanges would likely be primarily by auto, local bus, or bicycle. There are presently no significantconstraints on the development of potential transit service along Placer Parkway.5.5 STATE ROUTE 65 CORRIDORCurrent ConditionsSR 65 is currently a four-lane freeway from I-80 north past Blue Oaks Boulevard.30