City presents Stockton Boulevard 'gap‑closure' bike and pedestrian safety project with $6M upper‑end estimate

Chally Lacey, a civil engineer with City of Sacramento Public Works, presented the Street Bike gap‑closure project that would fill missing bike corridor segments and improve intersection safety along Ford Street and Stockton Boulevard.

Lacey described targeted improvements at a five‑way intersection where visibility is limited: reconstructing four corners with accessible ramps, installing a pedestrian refuge island, adding audible pedestrian signals and video detection for signal actuation, extending continuous bike lanes, and relocating a nearby RT bus stop. She said the project aims to reduce pedestrian crossing distances on the southern Stockton segment, which staff estimated carries nearly 61,000 vehicles per day in places, and to coordinate with Caltrans where the railroad crossings intersect the corridor. "Las 4 esquinas serán reconstruidas. En la esquina noroeste se construirá una rampa de acceso," Lacey said.

On schedule, Lacey said the team intends to finalize design in winter 2027, advertise for construction in spring 2028 and begin construction summer 2028. She reported an upper‑end construction estimate of about $6,000,000 and said the design phase remains subject to detailed cost estimating and coordination with emergency services and RT on bus‑stop relocation.

Commissioners asked about emergency‑vehicle access, bus operations, Spanish‑language outreach and whether the design would prohibit right‑on‑red turns at the intersection; staff replied those policy‑level traffic ordinances are considered case‑by‑case and that certain signal/timing changes would be evaluated during final design. Public comment was not recorded for this item.

Next steps: detailed design, further coordination with RT and Caltrans where relevant, and a forthcoming update to the commission with refined cost and outreach plans.