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Council hears updated mobility plan recommending roadway upgrades, trails and right-of-way changes
Summary
Consultant Kimley‑Horn presented a revised Sunnyvale thoroughfare and trails plan including new collectors, a proposed Towne East Boulevard upgrade, and alignment choices tied to the future PGBT toll project; no council action was required.
Consultant Jeff Whitaker of Kimley‑Horn and Associates presented the town’s updated mobility (thoroughfare) plan to the Sunnyvale Town Council on Jan. 27, recommending several collector additions, an upgrade to Towne East Boulevard, expanded rights-of-way and a set of trail alignments intended to improve connectivity and qualify the town for future grant funding.
Whitaker said the update uses technical traffic counts and the regional travel-demand model to size roadways for future conditions, and it adds intersection improvements the town can use to justify impact-fee projects. “The top volume is the current existing count,” Whitaker said. “The volume below that is the 2045 projected count,” language he used to describe the model outputs used to size future facilities.
Key recommendations include: - Reclassifying Towne East Boulevard east of Collins from a two‑lane undivided collector to a four‑lane major divided arterial to accommodate projected traffic increases from regional facilities, notably impacts tied to the planned President George Bush Turnpike (PGBT) alignment. - Adding three new collectors north of Towne East to be planned as development occurs and removing two collectors (small cleanups) whose function will change when regional projects are constructed. - Increasing right-of-way widths—major arterials from 100 to 130 feet and collectors from 60 to 80 feet—to allow trails, sidewalks and landscape buffers and to provide space for drainage on rural collectors.
Whitaker discussed the PGBT/toll-road alternatives and timeline provided by regional partners: the draft environmental-impact study (EIS) is expected in summer 2025, a schematic in summer 2026 and final design and construction to follow thereafter. He said the plan includes preferred and alternate trail alignments and that the preferred alignments were chosen to maximize connectivity while avoiding being routed behind private homes when possible.
The consultant emphasized that the thoroughfare map preserves right-of-way for future roadways and positions Sunnyvale to be eligible for state and federal transportation funding if projects are included in the master plan.
No formal action was taken at the meeting; the presentation was a briefing intended to inform future planning, impact-fee updates and capital projects.
