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Council clears CEQA hurdle and OKs $630,000 Caltrans funding for Canal active-transportation project
Summary
The San Rafael City Council found the Canal Neighborhood Active Transportation Enhancement Project exempt under state CEQA provisions and authorized a $630,000 Caltrans program-supplement agreement to fund the PS&E phase. Staff emphasized lighting decisions and final designs will return to the council after further community engagement.
The San Rafael City Council on March 2 adopted findings that the Canal Neighborhood Active Transportation Enhancement Project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under the pedestrian- and bicycle-related statutory exemptions and approved a program-supplement agreement with the California Department of Transportation to release $630,000 in Active Transportation Program funds for project design and engineering.
April Miller, the city's director of public works, told the council the project bundles pedestrian improvements (crosswalks, sidewalk gap closures, curb ramps), bicycle treatments (bike boulevards, secure parking), transit stop upgrades at five locations and a new stop at Korner Boulevard and Novato Street, and potential lighting along the Starkweather Shoreline…
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