To: Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: APPROVE the Countywide Guardrail Upgrades Phase III Project
Recommendation: Recommendation of the County Administrator
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE the Countywide Guardrail Upgrades Phase III Project and AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to advertise the Project, Countywide. [County Project No. 0662-6R4511, DCD-CP#26-14] (District IV and V).
DETERMINE that this activity is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15302(c) and 15303(d).
DIRECT the Director of Department of Conservation and Development (DCD), or designee, to cause a CEQA Notice of Exemption (NOE) to be filed with the County Clerk and State Clearinghouse, and
AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to arrange for payment of a $50 fee to the County Clerk for filing the NOE.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Estimated Project cost: $2,177,116.00. 46% Highway Safety Improvement Program State Funds, 54% Local Road Funds.
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa County Public Works Department proposes to remove sub-standard Metal Beam Guardrails (MBGR) and end treatments and replace them with the current Caltrans standard Midwest Guardrail System (MGS) guardrails and end treatments along portions of several roads in unincorporated Central and East Contra Costa County. Upgrading the guardrails to current Caltrans standards will improve public safety. Approximately 30 existing guardrails with a total length of approximately 8,000 linear feet, including end treatments, will be upgraded, and one new guardrail will be installed. The construction process will include removal and replacement of the existing guardrails, end treatments and associated posts, and relocation of several guardrail posts near end treatments with grading as needed.
This project is exempt from CEQA because it consists of the replacement or reconstruction of existing facilities (guardra...
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