tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693256921060044086.post1183973481619462275..comments2024-03-28T13:11:43.470-07:00Comments on Elk Grove News.net: Caltrans seeks extensive city-funded I - 5 improvements before signing off on Kammerer Road CEQA, Elk Grove city council told Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693256921060044086.post-15659115655378242252018-09-13T15:58:05.806-07:002018-09-13T15:58:05.806-07:00D.J., you are the "Dirty Harry" of EGN! ...D.J., you are the "Dirty Harry" of EGN! You always make my day with your comments. <br /><br />And I will add that Capital SouthEast Connector JPA trying to sell this miracle road as an expressway is rich. What expressway has as many signal lights such as those being planned for this connector which, as you stated, no doubt will have rooftops everywhere you look? <br /><br />Never mind the signal lights being synchronized. Hope the JPA doesn't use Elk Grove Blvd. as a synchronization model especially after the Costco opens. Commuters need to stay away from that intersection, that is for sure.Eye on Elk Grovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912443616239693675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693256921060044086.post-34198511479457046252018-09-13T06:50:12.902-07:002018-09-13T06:50:12.902-07:00Sounds like the City wants it both ways: when it c...Sounds like the City wants it both ways: when it comes to pleading for taxpayer handouts, the Connector is a congestion relief bypass that will link 50 to 99 to 5 and reduce greenhouse emissions. But when the agency responsible for those state freeways wants interchange improvements and lane expansion to handle that traffic, now all of a sudden the Connector won't generate those kind of vehicle trips to justify the requested improvements? <br /><br />The reality is the Connector is being built to create value for the thousands of acres of undeveloped land along the Connector. The smart money scooped up that land at bargain basement agricultural prices and they can hardly wait to cash in with homes and strip centers. Caltrans isn't being fooled for a minute.<br /><br />One thing, no make that two things, are for sure: The developers waiting to cash in on the Connector are not going to pay one iota towards the true impacts they will be creating. They'll pay their standard fees at the time building permits are issued, and the taxpayers at-large will be relied upon to pick up the rest of the cost. <br /><br />The other thing you can bet on is, the head of Caltrans may soon be caving in, or "retiring to spend more time with family". So in the end, we have taxpayers footing the bill for the Development Alley, and Caltrans will soon be mysteriously accepting the local traffic numbers that were crunched. <br /><br />Hurry up, you're gonna be late for work!<br /><br />D.J. Blutarskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09529518197945699750noreply@blogger.com