State Route 49 Safe, Healthy, and Equitable Streets Improvement Project

Project Description

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), working in cooperation with the Tuolumne County Transportation Council (TCTC), proposes to construct the State Route (SR) 49 Safe, Healthy, and Equitable Streets Improvement Project, in Tuolumne County in Jamestown from 0.2 miles south of Main Street to 0.2 miles north of Fifth Avenue. There are three build alternatives under consideration. Alternative 1 proposes to widen on both sides of the highway, Alternative 2 proposes to widen on the west side of the highway, and Alternative 3 proposes to make operational improvements on SR 49 including signal interconnect and other geometric improvements to the 5th Street, Rawhide, and Main Street intersections (no added travel lanes). All alternatives include construction of transit stops, electric car charging facilities, park-and-ride facility, shoulders, and sidewalks.

Project Benefits

Purpose and Need

The project would address nonexistent, or inadequate pedestrian, bicycle and transit facilities; reduce Vehicle Miles Travelled; reduce the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions; reduce accident rates; improve access to government services, shopping, childcare, higher education and recreation; enhance access to job training and employment opportunities; improve community health; improve goods movement; improve resiliency and evacuations; facilitate infill development; and install Zero Emission Vehicle chargers.