HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1975-7711RESOLUTION N0. 7711
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA
VISTA APPROVING RECOD4P1EP7DED REVISION TO FEDERAL AID
URBAN PROGRAM
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby
resolve as follocas:
WHEREAS, the City-County Thoroughfare Committee, acting
as the coordinating agency for expenditure of Federal Aid Urban
funds, has recommended that such funds be utilized to install a
ramp metering system along Route 94/125 from I-8 to I-5 in lieu
of other projects which have been withdrawn from the approved pro-
grarm, and
WHEREAS, said project is the next highest priority and
the Director of Public V7orks has recommended the approval of the
revision of the program to include said project, and
V7HEREAS, said project description is attached hereto as
Exhibit "A", and incorporated herein by reference as if set forth
in full.
NOVd, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Chula Vista that the revised program for the expenditure of
Federal Aid Urban funds be, and the same is hereby approved as recom-
mended by the Director of Public Works.
Presented by Approved as to form by
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Wi•T']aam~J. Ro e~Director o~ ~ George Lind erg, City Attor y
Public V7orks
ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF CHULA
VISTA, CALIFORNIA, this 22nd day of Auril , 197, by
the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen Egdahl Scott Hobel Hamilton Hvde
PdA.YES: Councilmen
ABSENT: Councilmen
~ P4ayor of the City of Chula Vista
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I~ , City
Chula Vista, Cali ornia, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that
true and correct copy of Resolution No. ,
not been amended or repealed. DATED
Clerk of the City of
the above is a full,
and that the same has
City Clerk
ROUTE 94/125 RAMP METERING SYSTEM
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
EXHIBIT
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This Traffic Project proposes constructing ramp metering signals on the 22
westbound on-ramps of the Route 94-125 combination from junction of Route S
in San Diego to junction of Route 8 in La Mesa. The estimated total cost of
this project is $665,000, including $550,000 in FAU funds.
From approximately 6:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. each weekday morning, westbound
traffic along Route 94 varies from slow-and-go to stop-and-go from 30th
Street to Kelton Road (about 3-1/2 miles). Flow rates through the downstream
.bottleneck from 32nd Street to Route 5 range from 7300 cars per hour to 7900
cars per hour through the peak period. The westbound on-ramps at the 94/15
separation and at the westbound on-ramp from Home Avenue are the final contribu-
tors that overload the main lanes. Morning peak hour commuters now arrive at
about 1200 c/h more than downstream capacity. When I-805 opens this summer,
volumes on the NB 1-805 to WB Route 94 could reach as many as 2000 vehicles per
hour. If this occurs, total delay could triple.
The fundamental premise of the project is that a freeway should function as
a device for the movement of vehicles and not as a device for vehicle storage.
Uncontrolled ingress is resulting in the freeway becoming a "parking lot"
during peak traffic periods (i.e., demand exceeds freeway capacity).
Therefore the objective is imposed to control access to the freeway to the
extent necessary to ensure that volumes do not exceed capacity at any point
in time or space within the 125/94 freeway system. (Assuming an absence of
incidents).
It is an objective to provide where feasible preferential treatment to high
occupancy vehicles (car pools, busses). This will be accomplished by providing
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"Bus and Car Pool Only" lanes at the on-ramps (i.e., high occupancy vehicles
will bypass [not be subject to] metering). Two such ramps, 49th Street and
College Grove Way, have already been selected with others as possibilities when
needed. The San Diego Transit Authority gives full backing to this project.
The E.P.A. has this project as one of its major points in the San Diego Plan.
Total air pollutants will be reduced within the corridor due to free-flowing
traffic conditions on freeway. Those pollutants that do occur from delay will
be more easily dispersed because they are distributed along the corridor at
the ramps and no longer at the bottleneck section.
Each ramp on the surface street will have a lighted sign indicating that the
meter is operational. The motorist can at this time make the decision to
wait through the metering queue and be assured of 0 good ride or not wait and
take an alternate. At present, the motorist is now trapped at the end of the
queue on the freeway with no choice but to wait.
The first portion of the project, that of purchasing a mini-computer and
providing housing for it, has been accomplished. Software (programs) for
its operation are in the development stage.
This contract, the second portion of the project, will provide for installing
pavement detectors, signal heads and poles, conduit, signs, A.C. power and
State-furnished Type 140 controllers and cabinets. Tele-Communications equip-
ment is included in the State-furnished cabinets. Telephone lines will act
as the inter-connecting communication link between each "On-Ramp" and the
mini-computer located in the CALTRANS District Office.
It is proposed to evaluate and compare both operationally and economically,
fix time, traffic responsive and central control ramp metering techniques.
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