new alignment proposed for CA-70 through Marysville
Joe Rouse
the Marysville Bypass on the alignment they discuss here. For those
familiar with the city, the alignment proposed here runs roughly parallel to
the UP rail line along the east bank of the Feather River.
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JMR
Fourth bypass option proposed
Route would start at Feather River Boulevard
Harold Kruger
Appeal-Democrat
Wednesday, April 25, 2001
There's a fourth option for the Marysville Bypass, and it runs right over
Beckwourth Riverfront Park.
Kevin Mallen, managing engineer in the Yuba County Public Works Department,
said Tuesday he revived the route, which was initially proposed in the
1960s
or 1970s and rejected by Caltrans.
The westerly route would start at Feather River Boulevard on Highway 70 in
Linda, swing over to the park with an elevated freeway, go over the Fifth
Street
bridge and have an interchange at the 10th Street bridge, reconnecting with
Highway 70 near Laurellen Road, Mallen said.
"It might be a harebrained idea that gets tossed out, but you never know,"
Mallen said.
Running the freeway west of Marysville with an interchange at the 10th
Street bridge "would aid us to push the third (Feather River) bridge
project back,"
Mallen said. "The Marysville Bypass is going to be looked at as the first
priority for funding."
Mallen said the westerly route, depending on what happens north of
Marysville to Oroville, could cost $500 million to $600 million.
Marysville City Administrator/Police Chief Mark Siemens said the route
"looks like it has some good points. I think it needs to be thrown into the
mix and
studied."
City officials have only taken a "very cursory look" at the proposal, he
said.
"There are some interesting advantages to it," he said. "It's something
that needs to be looked at. I don't know what it would look like going
through there."
Sutter County Administrator Larry Combs said his county "is always willing
to look at options that would benefit the community."
Mallen mentioned the new alternative as Jody Lonergan, acting Caltrans
District 3 director, talked with Yuba County supervisors about funding
options for the
bypass.
Currently, Caltrans is doing an environmental study on three proposed
bypass alignments east of Marysville.
Hallwood residents have opposed those options, saying their community would
be destroyed by a freeway and by waterfowl supporters who are concerned
that the bypass would chew up habitat in District 10.
Lonergan said the bypass environmental document should be ready later this
year, but adding the route west of the city could add another year to the
environmental review process.
Four routes for the third Feather River bridge also are under study by
Caltrans. Sutter County supervisors and the Yuba City City Council have
endorsed a
Bogue Road-Erle Road alignment. Bogue Road residents oppose that route.
Lonergan said environmental studies for the bridge will take "three or four
more years."
In the meantime, she said, "we have a little over $30 million programmed on
the project for the right of way that can't be spent. It's just sitting
there. It's not
being used effectively."
Lonergan estimated the Marysville Bypass would cost between $300 million
and $400 million using the easterly alignments. But Mallen said the cost
could run
$500 million to $800 million.
The supervisors have to decide how they want to spend about $3 million in
State Transportation Improvement Program funds to be allocated in 2002.
Lonergan said the money is needed to continue final design and right-of-way
activities for the bypass, costing $62 million. Butte County and Caltrans
will
contribute the rest.
Supervisors have said they want to use the $3 million on local roads.
"We got lousy roads out there," said Supervisor Hal Stocker. "I represent
the 5th District. A couple times a week somebody calls up and says do
something
about the local roads. I'm under tremendous pressure as a politician to fix
the local roads."
Fixing roads "is a big political point when you run for this job," Stocker
said. "I understand this money that would go into the bypass would have to
come out of
money that could go into local roads. That's the dilemma I'm in."
Supervisor Al Amaro agreed that roads are an issue, "but I'm also concerned
about economic development in the county" that would be aided by a
Marysville
Bypass.
Amaro said he wants an aggregate tax on the 2002 ballot to generate monies
for road repairs. Voters rejected a similar measure a few years ago.
Wheatland Mayor Roy Crabtree also voiced concerns about roads in his area.
"I'm for developing the local roads so the people who live in our areas can
travel on these roads without too much repair to their automobiles,"
Crabtree said.
Don Hagstrom
enough to judge here...but they do need some kind of bypass
Don
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> Joe, do you have any opinion on this proposal? I don't know the area well
> enough to judge here...but they do need some kind of bypass
>
> Don
>
I don't like the idea of a bypass on the western side of town. The city has
developed its riverfront park very well and this would tear it apart. It
just doesn't belong there. The proposed connection to CA-20 would heavily
impact one of the city's two main retail areas. Marysville and Yuba County
as a whole are hurting economically and have been for quite sometime. They
don't need a freeway tearing through the town like that.
I agree with the need for a bypass. I have family near Marysville and the
Caltrans District 3 main office is there, so I'm in the town fairly often. I
support an eastern bypass and new freeway alignment to Oroville. Quite
frankly, though, I'm afraid any bypass would have a pretty major effect
economically on the town, because it depends on the traffic on CA-70 and
CA-20. The CA-20 traffic would remain, so the impacts may not be as bad.
On a lighter note, I have questions about an eastern bypass from a roadgeek
standpoint. The proposed eastern bypass would start at the CA-65/CA-70
junction. What will become of the existing CA-70 freeway north of there?
It could be signed as CA-65 up to where the third Feather River Bridge would
tie in, if it uses the Erle Road alignment the locals want for it, but then
you would have about another 2 miles of freeway. What would it be numbered?
Would the state still maintain it? These things are small potatoes, I know.
Joe Rouse
the Marysville bypass. "District 10" refers to Reclamation District 10, I
think.
MARYSVILLE APPEAL-DEMOCRAT
APPEAL DEMO
Sutter cool to freeway proposal
Yuba Public Works has proposed new location for bypass
Harold Kruger
Appeal-Democrat
Published Friday, May 11, 2001
Two Sutter County supervisors voiced skepticism Thursday about a proposed
westerly route for the Marysville Bypass.
Yuba County's Public Works Department proposed the alternative that would
swing the bypass west of Marysville and over Beckwourth Riverfront Park
with an
interchange at the 10th Street Bridge.
"It seems to be a little premature for our board to get dragged into this
request," said Supervisor Casey Kroon, who sits with Supervisor Dennis
Nelson on the
Public Works/Support Services Committee.
Currently, Caltrans is studying routes east of Marysville.
"I can't support giving my blessing for this for Yuba County," said Nelson.
"I don't begrudge them for doing what they want to do. If we want to look
at this, we have
to look at both sides (of the river) equally."
Nelson said Caltrans officials had promised to evaluate freeway routes
north of Yuba City and Marysville.
"Now all of a sudden because they're having problems with the people in
District 10 and Hallwood, now they're going to come back with an old
alignment," Nelson
said.
Hallwood residents have complained that the bypass would ruin their
community. Wildlife supporters worry that the freeway could harm bird
habitat in District 10.
"The feeling from Marysville and Yuba County is if you don't do something
like this, you don't significantly address the traffic problem in
Marysville," said county
Public Works Director Bob Barrett.
Kroon noted that the eastern alignments face opposition from "very
influential individuals who duck hunt and put the kibosh to it."
Barrett said an alignment to the east of Hallwood is still preferred by
Caltrans.
He said the western route presents "a whole new can of environmental
worms."
According to Kroon, "If we keep studying this thing, it will be the most
studied chunk of freeway north of Sacramento."