Amador County – Mayor Connie Gonsalves on Friday led a ribbon cutting ceremony on the Mission Boulevard extension project that she says gives a new link between highways and signalizes the end of the long planned, $1.2 million project. About two dozen people including dignitaries of the local and regional Western Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church helped to cut a ceremonial ribbon on the short roadway that Gonsalves said will be a new link between Highway 88 and Highway 49, between Upcountry and Mokelumne Hill. Bishop Maxim Vasiljevic, the Alhambra-based bishop of the Western Diocese, blessed the ceremony by reading and singing a passage from a bible, and by blessing the roadways with holy water. Bishop Maxim then cut the ceremonial red ribbon stretched across Mission Boulevard with the help of Mayor Gonsalves and City Manager Mike Daly. Gonsalves offered thanks to the Amador County Transportation Commission. She also thanked the Saint Sava Mission Foundation, members of which were in attendance at the ceremony. The mayor thanked the Serbian Orthodox Church Western Diocese, Sutter Amador Hospital, Assemblywoman Alyson Huber, and the late Senator Dave Cox, whose assistant Dana Jorgensen was in attendance. Gonsalves said construction began June 7th, and “fulfilled the long range plans set out more than a decade ago to connect the existing Mission Boulevard cul-de-sac near Sutter Amador Hospital to the southern segment of Broadway.” She said the project came in just under $1.2 million, “much less than the original estimates,” and was funded 50 percent by Proposition 1B transportation bonds, and 50 percent by the ACTC’s Regional Traffic Mitigation Fee Program. She said the city acknowledged “the valuable contribution local development has made to the countywide fee program,” and she thanked its partner members, Amador County and the cities around the county. The project “exemplifies the benefit that agency and community cooperation can provide when construction activity is so scarce,” Gonsalves said. The project took under two months to complete, she said, and “provides a critical second access to the hospital, improved circulation in Jackson and relief of congestion at the Highway 49/88 intersection.” The project included sidewalks, and also marked lanes for bicycle and electric vehicle traffic. Bob Devlin made the honorary first trip by an electric vehicle as a red ribbon was extended in front of his vehicle. The city and ACTC led the project, “including design, funding and right-of-way acquisition.” Gonsalves said Saint Sava Mission and Sutter Amador Hospital worked cooperatively with the city to provide the land area needed for the new roadway,” and ACTC helped the city secure funding from Proposition 1B and local fees. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Wednesday, 08 September 2010 06:49
Jackson, St. Sava mark grand opening of Mission Blvd.
Amador County – Mayor Connie Gonsalves on Friday led a ribbon cutting ceremony on the Mission Boulevard extension project that she says gives a new link between highways and signalizes the end of the long planned, $1.2 million project. About two dozen people including dignitaries of the local and regional Western Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church helped to cut a ceremonial ribbon on the short roadway that Gonsalves said will be a new link between Highway 88 and Highway 49, between Upcountry and Mokelumne Hill. Bishop Maxim Vasiljevic, the Alhambra-based bishop of the Western Diocese, blessed the ceremony by reading and singing a passage from a bible, and by blessing the roadways with holy water. Bishop Maxim then cut the ceremonial red ribbon stretched across Mission Boulevard with the help of Mayor Gonsalves and City Manager Mike Daly. Gonsalves offered thanks to the Amador County Transportation Commission. She also thanked the Saint Sava Mission Foundation, members of which were in attendance at the ceremony. The mayor thanked the Serbian Orthodox Church Western Diocese, Sutter Amador Hospital, Assemblywoman Alyson Huber, and the late Senator Dave Cox, whose assistant Dana Jorgensen was in attendance. Gonsalves said construction began June 7th, and “fulfilled the long range plans set out more than a decade ago to connect the existing Mission Boulevard cul-de-sac near Sutter Amador Hospital to the southern segment of Broadway.” She said the project came in just under $1.2 million, “much less than the original estimates,” and was funded 50 percent by Proposition 1B transportation bonds, and 50 percent by the ACTC’s Regional Traffic Mitigation Fee Program. She said the city acknowledged “the valuable contribution local development has made to the countywide fee program,” and she thanked its partner members, Amador County and the cities around the county. The project “exemplifies the benefit that agency and community cooperation can provide when construction activity is so scarce,” Gonsalves said. The project took under two months to complete, she said, and “provides a critical second access to the hospital, improved circulation in Jackson and relief of congestion at the Highway 49/88 intersection.” The project included sidewalks, and also marked lanes for bicycle and electric vehicle traffic. Bob Devlin made the honorary first trip by an electric vehicle as a red ribbon was extended in front of his vehicle. The city and ACTC led the project, “including design, funding and right-of-way acquisition.” Gonsalves said Saint Sava Mission and Sutter Amador Hospital worked cooperatively with the city to provide the land area needed for the new roadway,” and ACTC helped the city secure funding from Proposition 1B and local fees. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Latest from
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