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Planning Division 3091 County Center Drive, #190 Auburn, CA 95603
(530) 745-3000 office (530) 745-3080 fax planning@placer.ca.gov
July 12, 2022
Town of Truckee via email: ydahn@townoftruckee.com
Attn: Yumie Dahn, Senior Planner planningdivision@townoftruckee.com
10183 Truckee Airport Road
Truckee, CA 96161
Subject: Town of Truckee Draft 2040 General Plan + Downtown Truckee Plan
Dear Yumie Dahn:
Placer County appreciates the opportunity to engage at this stage in the process. After
reviewing the submitted information, the County offers the following comments for your
consideration regarding the proposed project:
M-3.12 Rail Services
Placer County would like to collaborate and participate with the Town of Truckee in
communications with Amtrak to make visiting the Tahoe-Truckee area more efficient and
less impactful on the roadways.
Engineering & Surveying Division and Department of Public Works and Facilities
General Comment
The Town of Truckee is a valued and critical partner in the effort to implement the Resort
Triangle Transportation Plan (RTTP). This plan includes improvements in key areas to meet
regional transportation goals. Many of the approved strategies in the RTTP require
coordination between Placer County and the Town of Truckee for effective
implementation. This includes the adaptive corridor management aspects of the RTTP
which consist of installation of intersection and corridor improvements relative to transit
priority. Ultimately, the plan calls for the installation of reversible bus only lanes along the
two major state highways SR89 and 267. (As identified in M-3.7)
Figure M-1 - Proposed roundabout at Brockway Road and SR267
The traffic control choice of roundabouts on these corridors identified for transit priority
should be further analyzed consistent with the above comment. Placer County
recommends changing to intersection improvements with the potential for queue
jump/transit lanes and transit priority infrastructure/systems.
Figure M-1/Table M-2
Road widening from Brockway Summit to the Placer County line should be further
assessed. Any pavement width should be dedicated to additional transit lanes and not
to increasing vehicle capacity in alignment with goals presented in other sections of the
draft General Plan including M-5.6, M-5.8 and M-8.D. These goals look to maintain two
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travel lanes and generally oppose development that would necessitate widening of
SR267. Widening of this section of roadway could preclude the ability to implement transit
lanes and would be in opposition to VMT reduction goals.
M-4.13/M-4.G – Roundabouts
See comments above relative to transit priority. Where transit priority is anticipated (i.e.
along transit routes that encounter high congestion events), consider transit implications
during the decision-making process for traffic control of intersections.
Truckee Airport
The plan includes a brief mention of the airport in the mobility section, but current
discussions of expansion and increases in use, could have a significant impact on
circulation/mobility for the area including Truckee and Placer County roadways (M-8.3).
Placer County recommends enhancing language in goals more specific to reduction in
these impacts.
Parking
Placer County is in the process of implementing the Parking Management program as
described in the RTTP. The County encourages coordination between our two agencies
to provide consistency in approach as feasible as we move forward. Placer County
invites the Town to be a part of the process and project delivery team as the effort moves
forward. Additionally, Placer County encourages any parking program improvements for
the Town to include Placer coordination and include assessment of regional goals and
programs.
Planning Services Division
Land Use Policy LU-9.9 Public Access to Truckee River
The policy states: “Establish a public access point to and parking area near the Truckee
River.” The policy should consider establishing multiple public access points and multiple
parking areas near the Truckee River. Placer County suggests revising the policy to allow
and encourage multiple public access points and parking areas. These parking areas
should also be considered for multi-use parking areas, i.e. transitional parking areas to
downtown and/or overflow parking, encouraged to be constructed near or in
conjunction with transit stops, etc. to allow multi-use of these parking areas.
Goal LU-9: West River District
An additional policy should be added to incorporate consideration of trail connections
and access to existing and future trails.
Thank you again for the opportunity to comment on the Town of Truckee Draft 2040
General Plan + Downtown Truckee Plan project.
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Should you have any questions, please contact Leigh Chavez, Environmental
Coordinator at lchavez@placer.ca.gov or 530-745-3077.
Sincerely,
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LEIGH CHAVEZ, PRINCIPAL PLANNER
ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATOR