Project Fact Sheet
The North County Corridor is a high-priority corridor for Stanislaus County and its incorporated cities. The Corridor will provide approximately 25 miles of roadway on a new alignment. The primary intent of the project is to provide a high-capacity and high-speed west-east roadway to accommodate anticipated traffic growth in northern Stanislaus, to alleviate traffic on parallel roadways, to accommodate multi-modal travel, to provide interregional connectivity, and to provide for economic growth. It is anticipated that the ultimate facility will be a four-to-eight lane expressway with interchanges, at-grade intersections, grade-separated railroad crossings, irrigation district crossings, frontage roads and street alignments.
To plan for the expressway, the North County Corridor Transportation Expressway Authority was formed. The Authority consists of the Stanislaus Council of Governments (StanCOG); the cities of Oakdale, Riverbank, Modesto; and the County of Stanislaus.
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) as the lead agency for the California Environmental Quality Act, in cooperation with the North County Corridor Transportation Expressway Authority, is in the initial stages of the Project Approval and Environmental Development (PA&ED). Caltrans is preparing a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) program environmental impact report. The public meetings on November 13 and 20 will be the first of many opportunities for members of the public to be involved in the North County Corridor Project and to provide comments or concerns.
The current project phase will result in viable project alternatives, a preferred alternative, and broad environmental clearance for the California Transportation Commission to adopt an interregional route for a North County Corridor roadway alignment. The alignment would extend approximately 25 miles from a location on State Route 99 in the vicinity of the Salida Community, to a location on State Route 120 east of the City
of Oakdale.
This study area was defined by a previous Feasibility Study and a Preliminary Design Report in Spring 2008. The project may be built on an entirely new alignment or it may utilize the existing local road network. Designation of the North County Corridor as a State Route is the first step in the development of the proposed project.
Funding for this phase of the project is being provided by the California Transportation Commission along with regional transportation impact fees. The Authority is also asking for State funding that was once part of the cancelled state Oakdale Bypass project.
Members of the public are also welcome to provide comments, questions, or concerns to Gail Miller, Senior Environmental Planner, Caltrans, 2015 East Shields Avenue, Suite 100, Fresno, CA 93726 or by e-mail to Gail_Miller@dot.ca.gov or by calling (559) 243-8274. Also, the Project Manager, Christina Hibbard, can be contacted at Christina_Hibbard@dot.ca.gov or by calling (209) 948-7889.
