Wagon Trail Mitigation Site Project
Project Facts
Description
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), in cooperation with Calaveras County, proposes to mitigate for Project impacts resulting from the State Route 4 Wagon Trail Realignment Project (SCH Number 2015092066) by placing a conservation easement and completing habitat enhancements on a 41-acre portion of Parcel Number 040-002-027-000 about 13.5 miles north of the State Route 4 Realignment Project. The parcel is privately owned.
Project Benefits
Purpose: The purpose of the project is to enhance, restore, and protect California red-legged frog habitat by constructing a pond, establishing riparian and oak woodland habitat, and conserving about 2,700 linear feet of Youngs Creek tributary within the easement area.
Need: The proposed project is needed to mitigate for impacts to oak woodland habitat, riparian habitat, California red-legged frog dispersal habitat, and jurisdictional waters as a result of Phase 1 of the State Route 4 Realignment Project.
Estimated Funding Breakdown
Construction Cost: Based on preliminary cost estimates, mitigation costs for Phase 1 of the State Route 4 realignment project is expected to total $1.22 million. This budget includes $450,000 for construction and short-term maintenance and monitoring of this habitat enhancement project, $300,000 to establish a non-wasting endowment to fund monitoring of the restoration project and legal defense of the conservation easement in perpetuity, about $220,000 in real estate and transaction costs, $110,000 for purchase of 0.38 mitigation credit from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in-lieu fee program, and $140,000 for purchase of riparian floodplain mitigation credits from the Cosumnes River Floodplain mitigation bank. Mitigation costs will be funded as part of the State Route 4 Realignment Project.
Partnerships
Robert Pachinger, Deputy Director
Calaveras County Public Works
891 Mountain Ranch Road
San Andreas, CA 95249
Phone: (209) 754-6402
Email: rpachinger@co.calaveras.ca.us
Amber Collins, Executive Director
Calaveras Council of Governments
444 E. Saint Charles Street/Hwy 49
San Andreas, CA 95249
Phone: (209) 754-2094
Email: acollins@calacog.org
Proposed Project Schedule
Final Environmental document completed: Spring 2021
Right of way acquisition to be completed: Fall 2021
Construction to begin: Fall 2021
Construction to be completed: Winter 2021
Project Contact Information
John Thomas, Branch Chief
Central Region Environmental
California Department of Transportation
2015 Shields Avenue, Suite 100
Fresno, CA 93726
(559) 408-4496
Email: john.thomas@dot.ca.gov
Mimi Huie, Project Manager
Caltrans District 10
1976 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Stockton, CA 95205
Phone: (209) 948-7972
Email: mimi.huie@dot.ca.gov
Public Information Office:
Warren Alford, Public Information Officer
Caltrans District 10
1976 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Stockton, CA 95205
Phone: (209) 948-3849
Email: Warren.Alford@dot.ca.gov
Documents
Final Initial Study with Mitigated Negative Declaration - March 2021 (PDF) 1,490 KB