2026 Regional Transportation Plan & Sustainable Communities Strategy
4 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025040852
Lead Agency
Stanislaus Council of Governments
Document Title
2026 Regional Transportation Plan & Sustainable Communities Strategy
Document Type
FIN - Final Document
Received
Present Land Use
Countywide
Document Description
The proposed project is the StanCOG 2026 RTP/SCS. StanCOG’s previous RTP/SCS was adopted in August 2022 and amended in September 2024. The 2026 RTP/SCS is the culmination of a multi-year effort that aims to improve access and mobility and facilitate the movement of people and goods efficiently. Furthermore, the SCS will seek to balance land use and transportation systems to reduce emissions from cars and light trucks. StanCOG is required by federal law to develop an RTP/SCS that meets national ambient air quality standards and determines the needs of the transportation system and prioritizes proposed transportation projects. The RTP/SCS is also necessary to obtain and allocate federal funding for regional transportation projects.
StanCOG is in the process of updating the RTP/SCS, which will cover the planning period through the year 2049. The EIR for the 2026 RTP/SCS is intended to comply with CEQA. It will also require coordination with or reference to the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (Title 23 CFR Parts 450 and 500) (FAST Act), the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (as applicable), the Federal Clean Air Act, the California Clean Air Act, California SB 375, California SB 743, California Assembly Bill 32, and California SB 32. The EIR will consider the 2026 RTP programmed projects and preferred SCS scenario, a No Project alternative, and up to 2 alternative land use scenarios, and any alternatives to address identified significant impacts. The EIR will evaluate the potential impacts of implementing the policies and programs in the RTP/SCS in accordance with CEQA and will concentrate on the long-term environmental impacts of the RTP/SCS that extend to the 2049 planning horizon.
Contact Information
Name
Nick St Cook
Agency Name
Stanislaus Council of Governments
Job Title
Associate Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Email
Name
Eric VonBerg
Agency Name
Rincon Consultants
Job Title
Supervising Planner
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Ceres, Hughson, Modesto, Newman, Oakdale, Patterson, Riverbank, Turlock, Waterford
Counties
Stanislaus
Regions
Countywide
State Highways
4, 33,99,108, 120, 132,165
Railways
Union Pacific, BNSF Railway
Airports
Modesto, Oakdale, Turlock
Schools
Modesto, Turlock, Patterson , Ceres school districts
Waterways
Tuolumne, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus rivers
Notice of Completion
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 10 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance
Development Types
Other (Sustainable Communities Strategy), Transportation:Other (Regional Transportation Plan)
Local Actions
Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Responses to Comments
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