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TransportationCommission | 2005-07-20 | 2 | their familiarity with the original project study report and proposed improvements. The City of Alameda had some familiarity with the improvements but was not fully aware of all of them. They knew about the Martin Luther King exit and knew basically direct access to Alameda was not provided. Because Oakland and Alameda could not find a solution for direct to Alameda, a portion of the funding was set aside and it was decided that at a later time a feasibility study would be conducted to look at Alameda access. This is the study currently under way. The primary stakeholders are: the City of Alameda, City of Oakland, Caltrans and ACTIA. The secondary stakeholders were: Port of Oakland, Congestion Management Agency (CMA), Chinatown, West Alameda Business Association (WABA), and developers from Alameda (Catellus and Alameda Point Community Partners) and Oakland (Signature Properties and another developer). Staff Hawkins stated that Alameda supports going forward with a proposal so that the stakeholders would support it. Having the stakeholders support the recommended solution would be an important step in securing funding. The feasibility study is only looking at the feasibility as to which ones they can build, which ones are structural impossible and which ones impact too much on historic sites, etc. Staff Hawkins noted that currently Oakland does not support the construction of a new Harrison Street off-ramp. One possible solution that may enable the Broadway off-ramp to meet the needs of both Alameda and Oakland is a "Texas U-Turn", which would allow drivers to exist at the Broadway ramp, make a U-turn before reaching Broadway, and accessing the Webster Tube. Staff Hawkins noted that it will be expensive to build all these improvements. The Transportation Commission could help by providing recommendations regarding priorities or steps that could be taken to facilitate coordination with other agencies. Commissioner Parker asked what the life of an elevated freeway would be. She asked how any other proposed projects could relate to potential phasing of the Broadway-Jackson improvements. Staff Hawkins said that Caltrans is currently working on a seismic retrofit down by Oak Street. Otherwise, Caltrans does not see any additional safety project needs within the next 50 years. Chair Knox White asked what options have been already eliminated from consideration. Staff Hawkins said that she couldn't detail all 13 alternatives, but a number of them included superstructures. Commissioner Parker asked about project timing. Would it be phased? How would the timing match up with development in the area? Staff Hawkins said in terms of funding we have approximately $12 million is allocated to the project. But in the countywide transportation plan we could get up to $28 million, much of 2 | TransportationCommission/2005-07-20.pdf |