Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Transportation Infrastructure topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Council OKs $242,580 contract for light-rail signal timing study along Folsom Boulevard
Summary
The council authorized a design services agreement with Kimley-Horn for traffic signal timing and logic updates to improve coordination with the light rail preemption system; project timeline estimated at 8–12 months.
FOLSOM, Calif. — The City Council on July 8 approved a professional-services agreement with Kimley‑Horn and Associates for $242,580 from the light‑rail impact fee fund to design traffic-signal timing and logic updates along Folsom Boulevard intended to improve coordination with light-rail preemption.
Why it matters: The project is intended to address recurring coordination problems between light-rail crossing arms and traffic signals that have produced operational issues and safety complaints. The study will analyze signage, striping and signal logic and propose timing changes to anticipate trains earlier in the corridor.
Staff presentation and schedule Public Works senior civil engineer Zach Bosch explained that RT (regional transit) has addressed some operational issues (a crimped wire caused arms to stay down previously) but that longer-term coordination requires reworking signal timing and controller logic. The consultant scope includes signage and striping assessments, data collection, simulation and recommended timing/logic changes. Bosch said the consultant’s schedule is estimated at about 8–12 months.
Funding and interagency coordination The contract is funded from the city’s light-rail impact fee fund and requires a 1:1 local match; the city plans to use gas-tax funds as the match. The corridor crosses Sacramento County jurisdiction on some segments; Bosch said staff will pursue a cost‑sharing agreement with the county, as the centerline often functions as a shared maintenance boundary.
Vote and next steps Council approved resolution 11421 authorizing the city manager to execute the agreement; roll call recorded all councilmembers voting yes. Staff will return with project updates during the design effort and contact RT dispatch information to neighborhood channels for reporting arms/operation issues.
Ending Bosch encouraged residents to report immediate arm/signal problems to RT dispatch and noted the project’s goal is to improve pedestrian, bicycle and motorist safety along the corridor.
