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Orinda planning commission recommends reclassifying Wilder Road as a collector to enable federal funding
Summary
The Orinda Planning Commission on May 27 recommended the City Council amend the general plan to reclassify Wilder Road from a local road to a collector road, a change staff says is necessary to align local plans with Caltrans maps and to pursue federal maintenance funds.
The Orinda Planning Commission on May 27 voted unanimously to recommend that the City Council amend the City of Orinda general plan to reclassify Wilder Road from a local road to a collector road.
The change, presented by Johanna Johnson, assistant engineer in the Public Works Department, is intended to align the city's roadway functional classification table with the 1994 Gateway Valley development agreement and related Wilder community plans and to allow the city to petition Caltrans’ California Road System (CRS) maps so Wilder Road becomes eligible for federal aid for construction, maintenance and operations.
Johnson told commissioners Wilder Road serves the Gateway Valley community that was planned under a 1994 agreement with Orinda Gateway and “meanders through the Wilder community to funnel traffic…
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