Highway 217 Alternatives

• Two new intersections with stoplights on 217
• At Ekwill
  • $13.321 million
    • $6.410 million Construction
    • $5.844 million Right-of-Way Acquisition - most at Fairview
    • $1.067 million Planning, Engineering, Environmental

     

• At Fowler (extended) aka `South’ (Kellogg)
  • $6.402 million
    • $5.112 million Construction
    • $0.438 million Right-of-Way Acquisition
    • $0.852 million Planning, Engineering, Environmental

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• Sources of traffic (afternoon commute):

• Without Ekwill/217 connection, Hollister and Hollister/217 become more congested

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• Ekwill afternoon commute - no morning analysis
  
  
  • Draft EIR - 2 Lane Hollister in Old Town
    • Level of Service F at Ekwill/217 (worst possible)
      
      
  • PSR (Project Study Report, later) - 4 Lane Hollister
    • Level of Service C
      • B for UCSB northbound; D for UCSB left turn
      • C for Ekwill left turns; B for others

       

• Fowler/South
  • Impact (deletion/insertion) not analyzed, Draft EIR
• PSR - Level of Service A

 

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• Ekwill, east and west of 217, doesn’t join
  • Old Town Goleta still divided by 217
    
    
• Southbound traffic on Kellogg would not be able to turn onto Fowler/South
  • trips from Page Hotel (Key Site 6) to the Airport via Fowler/South are impossible
    
    
• Ekwill to Fowler/South separation, 1500 feet, is closer than expressway requirements allow

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• Off-ramp from 217 southbound at Ekwill
• Close 217 on-ramp from Hollister
  

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• Raise 217 south and northbound
• Continue Ekwill under 217
• Get to 217 northbound via Ekwill/Ward
  

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• About $4 million
• Win $6.4 million from deferral of Fowler/South

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• 217 barrier traversed - Ekwill and Goleta made whole
  
  
• Relief of the Ekwill/217 intersection
  • Safety (Signals raise accidents by 50%)
  • Congestion
    • UCSB PM Commute
    • BOTH South Goleta/UCSB AM Commutes
    • Probable South Goleta PM Commute LOS upgrade

 

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• We’ve achieved a reasonable understanding of the County Plan
  
  
• We’ve provided an attractive alternative
  • Perhaps costs can be covered by slight rearrangements of the existing plan
    
    
• Some further adjustments could be desirable
  • Fowler/South on-ramp to 217 +$0.8 million
  • save Hollister/217 southbound on ramp

 

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