Woodland, CA (MPG) - Yolo County is requesting interested members of the public to offer input regarding the preparation of the County Road (CR) 32A Railroad Crossing Relocation Project Study Report. Yolo County is working with the City of Davis, Union Pacific Railroad, the Bike Davis group, the Yolo County Farm Bureau, the California Public Utilities Commission and the Sacramento Area Council of Governments to consider a relocation of the CR 32A railroad crossing at CR 105 to improve safety. CR 32A is located north of Interstate 80 (I-80) and east of the Mace Boulevard interchange and acts as a frontage road to the Yolo Bypass where I-80 becomes a causeway.

This crossing has a history of accidents, despite the implementation of many safety countermeasures over many years. The current study being prepared by T.Y. Lin International will result in a Project Study Report (PSR) to establish alternatives and a preferred option for replacing the CR 32A railroad crossing at CR 105, with a new crossing within two (2) miles east of the current crossing. At-grade and grade-separated crossings will be considered in the PSR. Environmental, engineering, safety, and cost considerations will be evaluated for the alternatives. Funding opportunities will be reviewed for subsequent, future construction of the selected, viable alternatives.

In addition, the study will consider the need for improved bikeway connectivity between the existing Class I Bikeway from the City of Davis, which ends at the CR 32A and CR 105 intersection, and the Class I Bikeway on I-80 over the Yolo Causeway.

For more information on this project, including recorded PowerPoint project presentation, downloadable site plans of alternatives under consideration, and directions on how to provide comments to the county on the study preparation, visit: https://www.yolocounty.org/community-services/public-works-division/project-updates. Written comments from the public will be received by the County until 5:00 PM on September 4, 2020 via email to: [email protected] or mail to: Yolo County Department of Community Services, Public Works Division ATTN:  Todd Riddiough, 292 W. Beamer Street, Woodland, CA  95695.

Due to precautions concerning the spread of COVID-19, an in-person public meeting will not be held. Instead, the county will hold an online “open house” on August 31, 2020, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Participants can join at any time during this online meeting to provide verbal feedback and ask questions of the project team. A link to this Zoom meeting can be found on the project webpage.

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