The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and Association of Bay Governments are requesting comments on their proposal to add Bay Area Toll Authority’s Richmond/San Rafael (RSR) Bridge Access Improvement Project to Plan Bay Area with funding from toll bridge revenues. This project includes a critical section of the Point Molate Bay Trail, as well as a two-way, barrier-separated bicyclist and pedestrian Bay Trail on the top deck of the bridge.
The City of Richmond and East Bay Regional Park District are partnering to design and build 2.5 miles of Bay Trail north of the RSR bridge to access Point Molate Beach Park and the entire shoreline of former Point Molate Naval Fuel Depot. However, the I-580 corridor blocks pedestrian access to the northern side of I-580, and bicycle access is possible only by riding on the shoulders and sharply curving exit ramps of the freeway where an motorist killed one bicyclist and left another paralyzed. The RSR Bridge Access Improvement Project is critical for eliminating this dangerous situation by completing the Point Molate Bay Trail section between Marine Street and the Stenmark Drive exit on the northern side of the I-580 corridor.
Please CLICK HERE to visit TRAC’s website where you may very easily send an email of support to MTC (http://www.pointrichmond.com/baytrail/whatnow.htm). Comments must be received no later than Monday, July 20.
More information is available on MTC’s webpage http://www.mtc.ca.gov/planning/plan_bay_area/ , including a link to the Project Fact Sheet.
TRAC greatly appreciates your support!
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By: Nancy on July 11, 2015
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