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Palm Desert staff outline major circulation element update to align with state law and local projects
Summary
City planning staff and consultants presented initial options to rewrite Palm Desert's circulation element to reflect recent state transportation laws, integrate projects like CV Link, add objective roadway design standards, address VMT thresholds for CEQA, and prioritize safety and active transportation.
City planning staff and their consultants presented an initial framework to update Palm Desert's general-plan circulation element, saying recent state laws and local projects require clearer, objective design standards and new thresholds for vehicle-miles-traveled under CEQA.
"This is a huge update," said City Manager Todd as he introduced the scope of the project. Nick Mullaney of the Planning Division said the city contracted the consultant team to amend the circulation element and that the presentation covered drivers for the update, existing conditions, and next steps. Consultant Brian Wolf told the council the effort will fold in local projects such as CV Link and the San Pablo corridor and stressed that the update must be both horizontally and vertically consistent with other plans.
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