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SACOG and PCTPA outline 2025 regional blueprint, highlight Taylor Road corridor and Horseshoe Bar interchange for Loomis
Summary
SACOG and PCTPA officials updated the Loomis Town Council on the Sacramento region's 2025 blueprint and a draft county active-transportation plan, highlighting the Taylor Road Corridor study and Horseshoe Bar interchange improvements as locally significant moves for safety and multimodal access.
Representatives from the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) and the Placer County Transportation Planning Agency (PCTPA) briefed Loomis council members on the region's 2025 blueprint update and a draft countywide active-transportation plan that includes local recommendations for sidewalks, buffered bike lanes and shared-use paths.
SACOG's 2025 blueprint looks 20-plus years ahead at land use and transportation and uses a triple-bottom-line framework of economic vitality, environmental protection and social inclusion. SACOG staff said the region is expected to add about 600,000 people and nearly 280,000 housing units by the plan horizon; Loomis's modeled share of that growth in the slide deck was small (the presentation cited roughly 1,300 additional people for Loomis over the horizon period).
Local implications: SACOG and PCTPA staff worked with Loomis staff to illustrate how regional priorities translate into town projects. Town staff and consultants described two local projects singled out in the presentations: - Taylor Road Corridor study: staff called Taylor Road a town spine and said the corridor study will examine multimodal improvements, safety and economic vitality for downtown Loomis. - Horseshoe Bar interchange improvements: staff said the eastbound I-80 onramp currently lacks intersection control and the interchange project would add multimodal elements and safety improvements, better connecting the interchange to Taylor Road.
PCTPA's draft active-transportation recommendations include proposed buffered or separated bike lanes and sidewalk infill in town center areas, and a new shared-use path that aligns with a planned school on Sierra College Boulevard. PCTPA encouraged public comments through an interactive online map and said it will help jurisdictions package projects for grants.
Why it matters: SACOG emphasized that available transportation funding will not meet all proposed projects, so jurisdictions must prioritize lower-cost, quick-delivery measures and coordinate regionally for competitive grants, staff said. Council members asked questions about timelines for larger projects such as additional Capital Corridor passenger service and third-track upgrades; PCTPA said implementation timelines for major regional projects extend into the late 2020s and beyond.
Ending: SACOG plans to release a draft plan and EIR for public comment and return to the board this year for adoption; PCTPA urged Loomis to use the countywide active-transportation recommendations to prioritize local sidewalk and bike projects for funding applications.
