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Home My WebLink About5.2 Interstate Truck Access to Dublin 4 CITY OF DUBLIN AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: June 11, 1984 SUBJECT Written Communication from Cal Trans Regarding Interstate Trucks Exiting onto City Streets EXHIBITS ATTACHED Correspondence from Cal Trans Correspondence to Cal Trans from Pleasanton Draft letter from City Engineer to Cal Trans Background letter from Cal Trans RECOMMENDATION Direct. staff to send a letter to Cal Trans requesting �j that Dublin ' s off-ramps not be designated to allow the new interstate trucks to exit into Dublin . FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Allowing interstate trucks to use the City streets could increase the deterioration of the pavement and might damage vertical obstructions such as signal and lighting poles , signs , power poles, etc . , due to the extra wide turning radii of the new "super trucks . " DESCRIPTION The City has received a letter from Cal Trans regarding a request to sign the Dougherty Road/ Hopyard exit and the San Ramon Road/Foothill Road exit as allowable exits for the new larger "interstate trucks . " Our staff has discussed the matter with the Pleasanton Public Works Staff . It is the opinion of the two cities , that traffic safety and maintenance would be impacted. Therefore, we would recommend against the allowance of these new larger trucks on City streets . Staff has drafted a letter to Cal Trans should Council concur . It is our understanding that the State will need concurrence from both Pleasanton and Dublin to sign these exits for interstate trucks . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- COPIES TO: ITEM NO. �• oZ! STATE OF•CALIFORNIA—BUSINESS AND TRANSPOr—(ION AGENCY GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN, Govemor DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION tom= BOX 7310 SAN FRANCISCO 94120 (415) 557-1840 May 16 , 1984 4-Ala-580 Interstate Trucks Mr. Lee Thompson City Engineer City of Dublin P.O. Box 2340 Dublin. CA 94568 Dear Mr. Thompson: Your comments on the acceptability of the installation of service signs for interstate trucks on Route 580 at San Ramon Road and Dougherty Road are requested. If signing is agreeable to the City, arrangements will be made to install the signs. If you have any questions , please call me at (415 ) 557-1084. Sincerely yours, BURCH C. BACHTOLD District Director By� L . J . MILLER Senior Engineer Traffic Branch r , i Pviy 30, 1984 Mr. Burch C. Bachtold District Director Departrmnt of Transportation Box 7310 San Francisco, CA 94120 Attn: L. J. ?Miller - Senior Engineer, Traffic Branch Re: 4-Ala-580, Interstate Trucks Dear k%Ir. Bachtold, It is the City's opinion t`iat the installation of service signs for interstate trucks on I-530 at Foothill Road and Hopyard Road is inadvisable. The City of Pleasanton currently does not alloy standard size trucks to use City streets unless a delivery is being made. It is the City's position that this policy would not change for interstate trucks. This policy is based on the following: 1. This City's streets have been desicneci to handle the occasional delivery use by standard -trucks but are not capable of handling daily use by standard sized/weighted truces, let alone interstate trucks. 2. There are no viable services available at Foothill Road. The Stoneridge Shopping :tall is nearby and a Holiday Inn is soon to be constructed but neither facility has or will have parking facilities capable of handling standard sized or interstate trucks. In addition, t1he streets leading to these facilities have been designed and con- structer) as discussed in nurrber 1 above. 3. Waile Iiopyard Road has the type of services which may be attractive, there is an accessibility problem. Until such tirm% as Caltrans approves the City's plans and issues, an encroachiT-iont permit to improve the Hop yard Road off-ramps, the interchange does not provide easy usage by trucks of anY size. In addition, once the trucks reach the services, ti:ere 43 no parking available, mr. B. C. Bachtold 5/30/34 Page 2 E3. 11l3r. on the streets or within the. parking lots. The existing pa4-king lot:j are difficult to Maneuver in a passenger vehicle and would be, inpossi.ble for standard and interstate trucks. Finally, the cul-de-sacs, off of Hopyarc, Road, where par"-.in(,- r1i csht possibly have been arranged for two or three trucks, do not have the necessary turning radii for standard sued trucks or interstate trucks. As you can see, t lore would be dill.ficul ties maneuvering as wall as other traffic and parking probleras should Foothill Road and Hopyard road be signed for intarstate truck usage. For the reasons stated Zbovc-, Z voul.d request that you not proceed with installing service signs for interstate truc..s at the interchanges discussed. Should. you have any commients convering this item, please contact Mr. '.Robert Dkammra or rryself at (415) 31,147-3040. Very truly yours, R. L. Warnick Director of Public Works and Utilities FLVI/gt cc: City Manager Lee Thompson, City of Dublin • CITY OF DUBLIN P.O. Box 2340 Dublin, CA 94568 June 12 , 1984 (415) 829-4600 Mr . Burch C. Bachtold District Director Department of Transportation P .O. Box 7310 San Francisco, CA 94120 Attention : Mr . L. J . Miller , Senior Engineer Interstate Trucks Gentlemen: At the regular City Council meeting on June 11 , 1984 , the City Council considered a request from your office . In your request you questioned the acceptability of the installation of service signs for interstate trucks on Route 580 at San Ramon Road and Dougherty Road . The City Council has concurred with the Staff analysis that sufficient services and adequate street turning radii cannot be provided within the City of Dublin. The "super trucks" are also undesirable given their impact on the infrastructure and traffic safety. Therefore, we request that service signs not be posted at both exits referred to in the request . If you have any further questions on this subject please do not hesitate to call . Sincerely, Lee Thompson City Engineer LT . lc Item 5.2 Exhibit Missing Page 1 of Background Letter from Cal Trans cembe866 g3 . 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This initial determination will be discussed with your agency and you will be requested to give written concurrence. It is intended to have signs erected for access to services by May 1984. At that time, the California Highway Patrol will commence enforcing the access to services restrictions contained in the law. For access to terminals, your agency will need to determine which terminals are to serve the interstate trucks using the suggested criteria for terminals access in Enclosure 1. It is suggested that terminals be designated by an application process described in Enclosure 4. It is intended to have signs erected for terminals access by August 1984. After the signs are erected , the California Highway Patrol will commence en- forcing the access to terminals provisions of the law. The suggested process is one that requires the terminal operator or trucking firm to make application to the local agency in which jurisdiction the terminal is located. That local agency will then coordinate approval from other affected agencies that the trucks will need to pass through and will request written approval from Caltrans for the access points to the designated system and for any routes that cross or traverse State highways. Also enclosed for your information for determining routes are truck-turn templates for the large trucks at : 1"=20 ' , 1"=50' and 1"=100 ' scales (Enclosure 7 ). Reproducable templa.,tes will be made available. ACTION REQUESTED 1. Designate a representative in your organization who -will review the proposed access points to services to be`' furnished by Caltrans and be authorized to provide, written. concurrence. Re : AB 866 December 16 , 1983 Page 4 2. Commence an application process for determining terminals that will serve the interstate trucks. 3 . Be prepared to erect signs on highways in your agency ' s jurisdiction as necessary. Caltrans will immediately begin a survey of the designated routes for potential access points to services and will be contacting your. representative regarding that survey very soon. If you have any questions about this letter, please contact Mr. Lynn Miller at ( 415) 557-1084. Sincerely yours , BURCH C. BACHTOLD District Director By �a ETHLYN NN HANSEN . Deputy District Director List Enclosures : 1. Assembly Bill 866 2. Signing and criteria adopted by CTCDC 3. Federal Highway Administration designation of routes for interstate trucks (listing and maps ) 4 . Outline of joint Caltrans /local process for implementing access provisions of .AB 866 5. Local implementation of AB 866 (terminals ) 6. Fact sheet : "Facts to Know About Truck Sizes in California" 7 . Truck-turn templates