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Board approves CEQA addendum and interim design for Ponderosa/US‑50 interchange; contractors, DOT to work with property owners
Summary
Supervisors approved an addendum to the interchange project environmental review and endorsed preliminary design work to realign North Shingle and Duroc frontage roads and add roundabouts; the board approved the addendum and project revisions and directed staff to work with impacted property owners during final design.
The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on April 1 to adopt an addendum to the environmental review for the Ponderosa Road/US‑50 interchange project and to approve the project as revised, clearing the way for preliminary right‑of‑way and final design work for the North Shingle Road realignment and associated frontage‑road improvements.
Matt Smeltzer, deputy director of the Department of Transportation, described the project as a phased improvement to relieve operational and safety deficiencies at the 1960s interchange. The approved interim design repositions…
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