Citrus Heights planning commission forwards Gateway Activation Plan, including three roundabouts and trail connections, to City Council

The Citrus Heights Planning Commission voted on April 14 to forward the Gateway Activation Plan (GAP) and its Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) to the City Council for final consideration and funding, endorsing a trail extension and three roundabouts intended to close a regional trail gap and improve safety.

The commission’s recommendation covers amendments to the city’s bikeway master plan, pedestrian master plan and General Plan bikeway map and accompanies a final MND prepared under the California Environmental Quality Act. Staff said the project must secure construction funding after council approval; staff estimated the project is in early engineering and that actual construction would be several years away.

City Community Development Director Casey Kempenar described the GAP as a way to "close a gap" between existing trails in Citrus Heights and the Dry Creek Greenway in neighboring Roseville, saying the city obtained state funding to advance the project toward construction and will pursue additional grants. "This money was set aside specifically to get this project as close as we can to construction," Kempenar said.

City Engineer Leslie…