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SMART presents 30% design for Puerto Suelo Pathway with switchbacks, wider curves and funding gap
Summary
SMART and design consultant BKF presented a 30% design for the Puerto Suelo Pathway that routes through Caltrans right-of-way with rounded switchbacks, retaining walls and fences. Presenters said the design meets ADA slope limits and will require multiple funding sources before construction.
San Rafael Judy King of Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit and Ian, lead designer from BKF, presented the agency's 30%-level design for the Puerto Suelo Pathway on February 11 to the Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee.
"We're at 30% design right now," Ian said, describing the alignment through Caltrans property and the need for rounded switchbacks where the corridor climbs a steep slope. He said the plan follows typical class-1 shared-use facility guidelines and attempts to meet ADA longitudinal slope limits.
Design details presented include a continuous asphalt corridor with gravel shoulders, retaining walls where the route cuts into the slope, and…
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