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Plasterville staff reports progress on long-delayed Clay Street bridge project; EIR and NEPA timelines set
Summary
City staff reported Caltrans concurrence on a bridge type and Highway Bridge Program eligibility for most construction costs, said the final environmental report should be complete by end of 2026 and NEPA by end of 2027, and warned the city will be responsible for some non-participating local costs.
Plasterville — City staff told the council on April 14 that the long-running Clay Street bridge replacement project has reached a technical milestone: Caltrans concurred on a single‑span, cast‑in‑place post‑tensioned concrete slab bridge type, enabling the project to move toward final environmental review and federal funding programming.
Project manager Miss Savage said the Highway Bridge Program (HBP) agreed to fund bridge construction costs, parking-lot construction and two retaining walls, and that the federal program will also pay to relocate the creek-viewing area and realign Clay Street up to the Main Street crosswalk. However, work on Main Street and the Cedar Ravine intersection remains non‑participating and must be covered with local funds.
Staff said a structure‑type selection report was finalized and that Caltrans Structures Local Assistance (SLA) requires certain barrier and detail approvals during final design. Savage said the city must submit a final cost adjustment reflecting preliminary engineering, right-of-way and construction increases before HBP will program the funds; that submission will cap future HBP support, making further cost increases the city’s responsibility.
“...the city will be required to submit one last final cost adjustment to the bridge program for the additional preliminary engineering right-of-way and construction costs that have to match the project costs that were outlined in the type selection report,” Savage said.
Staff expects to complete the final EIR by the end of 2026 and to complete the NEPA process in 2027. Council members and members of the public urged continued pursuit of funding and asked staff to identify remaining local cost estimates and interim safety measures for the existing structure.
Next steps: staff will prepare the required cost‑adjustment package and finalize the environmental document; the city will coordinate remaining local funding sources for non‑participating work and return with updates.
