Notice of Availability

2025-2045 El Dorado County Regional Transportation Plan

Draft Environmental Impact Report

Date: July 2, 2025

Project Title: 2025-2045 El Dorado County Regional Transportation Plan

Project Location:  El Dorado County, except for that portion of the County within the TRPA.

Project Description:  The proposed project is the adoption and implementation of the updated El Dorado County RTP that has been prepared to address the 2025 to 2045 timeframe. The RTP has been prepared to fulfil the state requirements of Assembly Bill (AB) AB 402 (Government Code Title 7, Chapter 2.5 Sections 65080-65082) using specific guidance from the CTC RTP Guidelines. More specifically, the RTP is a twenty-year, comprehensive multi-modal transportation plan, including, but not limited to, highways, local streets and roads, transit, bicycle and pedestrian (active transportation), aviation, and goods movement. EDCTC is required to adopt and submit an updated RTP to CTC and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) every five years. The RTP is action-oriented and pragmatic, considering both the short-term (10 year) and long-term (10- to 20-years and beyond) periods.

Significant Environmental Effects: The Draft EIR has identified the following environmental issue areas as having significant and unavoidable environmental impacts from implementation of the project: Agricultural Resources, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Transportation and Circulation, and Cumulative Impacts. All other environmental issues were determined to have no impact, less than significant impacts, or less than significant impacts with mitigation measures incorporated into the Project.

Public Review Period: A 45-day public review period for the Draft EIR will commence on July 2, 2025 and end on August 18, 2025. Any written comments on the Draft EIR must be received at the above address within the public review period. Copies of the Draft EIR are available for review at the El Dorado County Transportation Commission (EDCTC) web site https://www.edctc.org/regional-transportation-plan-2025-2045. Please send your response to El Dorado County Transportation Commission, 2828 Easy Street, Suite 1, Placerville, CA 95667. If you have any questions, please contact Jerry Barton, Senior Transportation Planner (530) 642-5260. If we do not receive a response from your agency or organization, we will presume that your agency or organization has no response to make.