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departments in inspections, investigating access from homes to local commercial and arson fires, and instructing and developing community uses,protect residential neigh- fire prevention methods. Due to the rural borhoods from heavy through-traffic or setting and hot,dry climate of the project industrial traffic,and create attractive site,the district will also have to conduct a streetscapes that provide orientation and weed abatement program to limit the identity within neighborhoods. Pedestrian dangers posed by rangeland fires. Finally, and bicycle circulation will be linked to the the district should join other fire districts in open space and community use system. San Joaquin County in a master mutual aid agreement to provide assistance to other Transit: agencies in times of emergency. Given the location of the project along the F. Transportation and Transit interstate system,transit is an important transportation goal for the new community. Proposed Circulation: There are currently no transit services in the The Mountain House Community will be Mountain House Planning Area. Recent directly accessible from Interstate 580 at transportation studies have identified three Mountain House Road and from Interstate corridors that would extend service into the 205 at Patterson Pass Road. At the Moun- Livermore area, along the I-580 freeway, tain House Road entrance, a bus transit and potentially on to Tracy. These corridors staging area is planned to accommodate are as follows: commuters. From this entrance, a new parkway will lead along Mountain House I-580 Corridor: Extension of BART Creek to the marina along the Old River. from the Bayfair Station in Hayward to the The Patterson Pass Road entrance will Dublin/Pleasanton area. provide access to the eastern portions of the community. From Patterson Pass Road, a I-680 Corridor: Extension of BART main thoroughfare will direct traffic into the from the Concord Station to Antioch; and community from a commercial center. A provision of rail service from the Walnut rail transit station is planned at the intersec- Creek BART station southward through the tion of Patterson Pass Road and Interstate San Ramon Valley to the I-580 corridor. 580 south of the planning area. (See Figure 7). 0 "Tri-Valley" Corridor: Installation of light rail service to the Tri-Valley area from Additional roadways incorporating pedes- the Fremont BART station (to the south- trian trails will provide circulation within west) and from the Dublin area(to the the community. The goals for this system north). of roads and trails are to facilitate easy Master Plan Policies 4.7