Green Valley Corridor Road Network Issues  Regional traffic  Local traffic  Combined traffic

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A growth issue: Road Network too sparse for good service in urban & suburban land use  Inadequate capacity on critical links causes congestion & delays.  Lack of parallel links limits road network capacity.  Lack of alternate routes produces additional delays during heavy traffic, road obstructions, and closures.

Sacramento County’s urban & suburban road network is dense, El Dorado County’s road network is sparse.

Icons for final slides, about viability of possible alternative solutions (yes, it’s tongue-in-cheek ratings for serious business) Goes down in flames Flies like a dodo This pig might fly Flies great, costs zillions, annoys some folks Flies a few feet & plops, just damage control It flies. Not dazzling, but gets us somewhere, annoys other folks

Ways to improve traffic on Green Valley Road Reduce traffic volume, no changes to road: Buy back existing development & revert it to open space or rural land uses. Try to charge tolls for through traffic. Starting with the silliest proposal and groping onward toward a solution… Don’t worry about traffic. Just continue approving more new development along the Green Valley Corridor. Institute a moratorium on new development until the tooth fairy funds road system improvements.

Ways to improve traffic on Green Valley Road Less-simple solutions have ranges of viability (2 icons), they depend on details… Build new small roads, including at least one additional arterial to relieve Green Valley traffic. Overall, give EDH a denser, better-connected road network Theoretically feasible, satisfies multiple objectives. Catch: $$$$. EDH roads could devour the entire County budget. Rebuild a lot of Green Valley Road to add capacity. -- Widen 2-lane to 4 or 5 lanes, Francisco to Cameron Pk. -- Replace signalized intersections with roundabouts. -- Be ready to widen the existing 4 lane section (west of Salmon Falls) to 6 lanes SOON. Feasible and not cheap, but cheaper than going for new roads to offload Green Valley.