DATE: August 27, 2025
TO: Council Infrastructure & Airport Committee
FROM: Director of Public Works
SUBJECT
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Update on Interstate 880/A Street Interchange Improvement Project and Recommendation for Council to Authorize the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with Alameda County Transportation Commission to Advance the Project and Allocate $1,350,000 from Fund 212 (Measure BB Local Transportation) to the Project
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Council Infrastructure & Airport Committee (CIAC) receives an update for the Interstate 880/A Street Interchange Improvement Project and provide a recommendation for Council to authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) to advance the project and allocate $1,350,000 from Fund 212 (Measure BB Local Transportation) to the project.
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SUMMARY
The City, in partnership with the Alameda CTC, and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) propose to provide improvements at the Winton Avenue and A Street interchange along the Interstate 880 (I-880) corridor.
After the passage of the Alameda CTC 2014 Transportation Expenditure Plan in January 2014, the City requested that Alameda CTC begin advancing improvements at the A Street and Winton Avenue interchanges of I-880. Alameda CTC developed a Project Initiation Document (PID), led by Kimley Horn & Associates (Kimley Horn) that identified alternatives. More recently, Alameda CTC and the City selected a preferred alternative, shown in Attachment II, that would retain the existing five-lane configuration, improve safety on the ramps, and add two 12-foot-wide shared bicycle and pedestrian paths.
The Project is currently in the Project Approval and Environmental Document (PA&ED) phase. Completion of this phase requires Council action to allocate supplemental funding for the Plans, Specifications, and Estimates (PS&E) phase. Staff will...
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