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October 23, 2006
Road Rules
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| The Butte County Association of Governments
(BCAG)
is responsible for creating traffic and growth planning estimates for Butte County
(among a host of other things).
It is currently working on the 2007 RTP, or in non-gov terms the Regional Transportation
Plan. I recently looked for the plan update in an effort to find out how seriously they were proposing "round-abouts" for highway 32. But the plan was not ready for public consumption. Instead, I ran across a short report on growth estimates for Butte County. These estimates are based on developments in progress and discussions with various city planners. The estimates cover 2006-2030. Here are some of the stats. Biggs - 775 new homes Gridley - 2,699 new homes Chico - 19,996 new homes Oroville - 6,418 new homes Paradise - 3,427 new homes Its time to start addressing traffic capacity problems in Chico. As the employment center of Butte County we will (do) have many people working in Chico and living outside of the city. The traffic capacity of our road system must be planned to meet the needs of our community as a transportation and economic hub. |
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Posted by Lon at October 23, 2006 08:39 AM