December Updates to California Highways

Just under the wire, I got in the updates for December. This may not look like much, but there were lots of updates in the regional pages.

First, I did the usual round of link updates. A special
“nod of thanks” goes to
aaroads (Alex
Nitzman) for his roundup of regional updates that he mailed me, and to Kim
Russell for the set of links she provided. Thanks also to
bossjock967 for
providing me the updated link to his website,
DelMarVa Highways. A minor “boo”
to Mr. Comrade Yamamoto, for
organizing his pages so badly that I ended up having to remove a bunch of links
into his site, and settle for a single top link.

Added a new FAQ related to finding out speed limits on
highways. This was done to showcase a link from Larry Scholnick to
a
page that has an extensive listing of every segment of road in the entire
city of Los Angeles that has a speed limit other than 25 MPH, grouped by speed
limit. If you know of similar pages for other California cities, please let me
know.

Updated information on the following routes, based on
my research⁽¹⁾, and contributions of information on leads (via
direct mail or Usenet) from Dennis Carr⁽²⁾, Cameron
Kaiser⁽³⁾, Joe Myers⁽⁴⁾, Larry Scholnick⁽⁵⁾,
Greg Skinner⁽⁶⁾: Route 22⁽¹⁾, Route 36⁽³⁾, Route 55⁽¹⁾, Route 74⁽¹⁾, Route 83⁽⁴⁾, Route 85⁽⁶⁾, Route 91^(1,5), Route 99⁽¹⁾, Route 241⁽²⁾, I-5⁽¹⁾, I-405⁽¹⁾, I-605⁽¹⁾

Updated the legislative information
page. Nothing of real interest. The legislature seems to not be doing much
this time of year.

Reviewed the December
CTC Agenda
for items of interest. Noted the following items:

• 2.1c. Traffic Congestion Relief (TCR) Program Application
  Approvals/Amendments

  (2)/(6) TCRP Application Amendment to program
  $1,790,000 in new TCRP funding, designate the Los Angeles County Metropolitan
  Transportation Authority (LACMTA) as the Applicant Agency, and update the
  project funding plan for Project #51 – Route 101/Route 405; add auxiliary lane
  and widen ramp through freeway interchange in Sherman Oaks.

  (3)/(6) TCRP Application Amendment to
  designate the LACMTA as the Applicant Agency, and update the project schedule
  and funding plan for Project #52 – Route 405; add HOV and auxiliary lanes for
  1mile from Waterford Ave. to Route 10. Alas, this extends the schedule to end
  September 2010.

• 2.2a. Environmental Matters – Notice of Preparation of an
  Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
  Route 76 in San Diego County – Widen
  to six-lane highway near Bonsall (NOP).

• 2.2b. Environmental Matters – Comments on Documents in
  Circulation (Draft EIS/EIR)
  Route 101 in Mendocino County – Realign
  highway near Leggett (DEIR).

• 2.3c. Relinquishment Resolutions

  03-Sut-20-PM 2.5/5.4 Route 20 in the County
  of Sutter. This proposes to relinquish right of way in the County of Sutter,
  between Hageman Road and West Butte Road, consisting of reconstructed and
  relocated county roads, frontage roads, cul-de-sacs, and a bridge.

  06-Fre-180-PM R61.2/R63.2 (KP R98.6/R101.66)
  Route 180 in the County of Fresno. This proposes to relinquish right of way in
  the County of Fresno, from North Winery Avenue to Sunnyside Avenue, consisting
  of reconstructed and relocated county roads, frontage roads, and
  cul-de-sacs.

  06-Fre-180-PM R61.1/R62.9 (KP R98.36/R101.23)
  Route 180 in the City of Fresno. This proposes to relinquish right of way in
  the City of Fresno, between Chestnut Avenue and Clovis Avenue, consisting of
  reconstructed and relocated city streets, frontage roads, and
  cul-de-sacs.

[Crossposted to roadgeeks and cahwyguy]