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Vallejo delays Nebraska Street gate installation after homeowner letter triggers expanded CEQA review
Summary
Vallejo officials said a single homeowner's letter prompted the city attorney to require an expanded CEQA traffic analysis before installing permanent gates on Nebraska Street; trustees pressed for a timeline and discussed cost-sharing for an additional ~$30,000 technical memo.
Committee members at a Vallejo 2x2 meeting on May 23 heard that the planned permanent closure and gates on Nebraska Street — adjacent to Vallejo High School — will be delayed while the city completes an expanded traffic and CEQA analysis prompted by a neighbor's letter.
Transportation staff told the committee the city asked consultant Fair & Pierce to analyze four additional intersections and about 10 roadway segments east and west of Vallejo High School. "We already spent, initially, $30,000 for [the] initial memo, and now we're another $30,000 for the second technical memo," the transportation superintendent said, describing the additional work now under way.
The delay followed legal review after a homeowner raised concerns.…
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