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Merced staff outline two-year comprehensive general plan update; downtown station area plan tied to high-speed rail grant
Summary
Acting Planning Manager Johnny Lan told the Merced Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission the city's comprehensive general plan update will take about two years and will include a faster downtown station area plan funded by a high-speed rail grant with a June 2026 completion target unless an extension is negotiated.
Johnny Lan, acting planning manager for the City of Merced, briefed the Merced Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission on the city's comprehensive general plan update and an embedded downtown station area plan during the Oct. 28 meeting.
Lan said the city conducts a comprehensive general plan update roughly every 15–20 years; Merced's last comprehensive update was in 2012. "It's required by state law for every jurisdiction," he said, adding the general plan is the community's long-term blueprint for land use, infrastructure and related policy.
The general plan process is expected to take about two years, Lan said. Embedded within that effort is a downtown…
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