Thursday evening in Historic Old City Hall. The room would end up being quite well-attended. The media was setting up in the corner re agenda item 5: Alternative recommendation: Truxel Bridge Concept and Feasibility Study. There were 32 comments posted on the website and 16 people appeared in person, each of them spoke for 2 minutes or less. Everyone was in favor of a bridge design which does not allow private motor vehicles.
We voted unanimously to reject the current designs and instead recommended “that the City Council direct staff to evaluate and study a Truxel Bridge alternative without personal motor vehicles.” And, I was re-elected to be Chair of ATC for a second, and final, one-year term.
Also of note, on the screen in the picture is a CalTrans project under construction. Due to a lawsuit CalTrans has been forced to add a separated bicycle/pedestrian over the American River in addition to replacing the decking on this 8-lane roadway known as the Capital City Freeway.
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