Amador County – The Amador County Transportation Commission meets Monday, November 30th in a specially scheduled regular meeting, and could consider a request to add a project to its federal Recovery Act wish list. ACTC Executive Director Charles Field in a letter Monday to the commission reported on the commission’s 5 projects submitted in April for federal funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. One of those projects (paving Argonaut Lane) was completed with a state grant from the “Safe Routes to Schools” program. Four other projects are at various levels, he said, with a countywide traffic sign reflective upgrade having received approval by the California Department of Transportation, and out for bid. Two are designed and approved but await funding authorization. They are a road pavement rehabilitation of Latrobe Road at Old Sacramento Road, and also at Michigan Bar Road. A 4th project “will not be able to receive” state and federal environmental “categorical exemption” from Caltrans, Field said. That job, shoulder improvements at Michigan Bar Road, was the region’s “backup” project “in case additional ARRA funds become available,” he said, and “since the project can no longer meet ARRA time limits, a substitute alternative project should be determined.” Field said a substitute project could be overlay of a county road, and he submitted a list of 12 eligible projects, including 7 needing overlay. He said work on the Highway 104 left turn lane at Prospect and Bowers Drive, and the Plymouth Main Street and Highway 49 intersection project “cannot meet ARRA time limits for development and delivery.” Field said “Caltrans is intensively reviewing delivery of ARRA project by regions throughout the state,” and it is “becoming apparent that some regions will not be able to deliver all of their projects, meaning “there is a possibility that another Amador region” project could be funded. The substitution may occur between January and March of next year. Field recommends in the letter that ACTC “staff be authorized to work with the Amador County Public Works Agency to prepare another county road overlay project for possible funding” as a substitute project. The list of eligible overlay projects included jobs on Shakeridge, Sutter Creek, Fiddletown, Camanche, Ridge and Latrobe Roads, and Camanche Parkway. Other qualified projects included curve correction on Fiddletown road, capacity expansion on the New York Ranch Road, and rehabilitation of Latrobe Road at Lorentz Road. The ACTC board of directors meets 6 p.m. Monday (November 30th) in the Supervisors’ chamber in Jackson. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.