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KJELDSEN-SINNOCK & ASSOCIATES, INC. <br /> CONSULTING CIVIL ENGINEERS <br /> KENNETH L. KJELDSEN 1113 WEST FREMONT STREET TELEPHONE 946.0266 <br /> STEPHEN K. SINNOCK POST OFFICE BOX 844 AREA CODE 209 <br /> CHRISTOPHER H. NEUDECK STOCKTON. CALIFORNIA 93201.0844 FAX NO. 946.0296 <br /> April 8 , 1992 <br /> 1054-010 . 0 <br /> Ms . Kerry Sullivan <br /> Planning Department >� a <br /> San Joaquin County <br /> 1810 E. Hazelton Avenue A?� - X99` <br /> Stockton, California 95205 <br /> °LA,' NTNG 0IVISI ON <br /> Re : Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Report <br /> Buckeye -Ranch Subdivision, SCHr 91012103 <br /> Dear his . Sullivan: <br /> We have received and reviewed the draft Environmental Impact Report <br /> for the above referenced project and have the following comments.: <br /> Traffic/Circulation <br /> Paved roadway widths of 18 feet as shown on the site plan are <br /> inadequate . " ( Page 3-2 , draft EIR ) . <br /> San Joaquin Counts- Public Works Department staff has indicated <br /> that 20-feet wide pa,.-ed roads are required in order to ensure <br /> sufficient distance between opposing directions of traffic , as <br /> well as adequate emergency vehicle access . " ( Page 4 . 2-15 , draft. <br /> EIR) . C31 <br /> The 18 foot wide paved roadways are the minimum wicitiis consiacrec <br /> necessary to handle the low volume of traffic that will be generated by <br /> the project. , and ,vet at the same time provide adequate width for <br /> emergency vehicle access through the site . The intention of the project <br /> proponents has always been to minimise the impacts created by the <br /> project . Increasing the roadway- widths from 18 feet to 28 feet , ; 20 <br /> feet of pavement with 4 foot gravel shoulders each side ) , will <br /> effectively increase the surface area of the roadways on the site by <br /> approximately 56% . Increasing the roadways widths will require that a <br /> greater number of trees and vegetation be removed during construction . <br /> Increasing the roadway widths will cause both the short-term and <br /> long-term impacts resulting from the construction and maintenance of the <br /> wider roadways to be increased by a corresponding amount . <br /> Project construction trips generated by e:%.cavation of the site T <br /> would increase the demand for roadway maintenance . ' ( Page 3-7) , <br /> draft EIR) . <br /> M-65 <br />