Market Avenue at Union Pacific Railroad Crossing Improvements
Summary
SCH Number
2025101031
Public Agency
Contra Costa County
Document Title
Market Avenue at Union Pacific Railroad Crossing Improvements
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
10/22/2025
Document Description
The Market Avenue at Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) Railroad Crossing Improvements Project is a joint project between Caltrans, the California Public Utilities Commission, and the UPRR, with the County as the lead agency. The purpose of the project is to upgrade the railroad crossing at the intersection of Market Avenue and the UPRR Railroad right-of-way to improve safety for vehicles, pedestrians, and bicyclists.
The project includes improvement of a railroad crossing with new crossing guards and pedestrian barricades, standardizing the width of the approach roads to have 12-foot lanes, 5-foot shoulders, and 6-foot sidewalks, and reconstructing the pavement and sidewalk to improve the vertical profile of the approach roadways. Ground disturbance will occur and the maximum depth of excavation is anticipated to be approximately four feet.
Appropriate best management practices including but not limited to storm drain inlet protection will be implemented during construction. Construction is anticipated to begin in 2026 and take approximately 3 months to complete.
Real property transactions, including but not limited to, right-of-way acquisition and permanent and temporary easements, and utility relocations may be necessary in support of this project. Night or weekend work may be necessary and will be performed in accordance with local guidelines. Emergency vehicles will have access at all times.
Contact Information
Name
Syd Sotoodeh
Agency Name
Contra Costa County Department of Conservation and Development
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Name
Shravan Sundram
Agency Name
Contra Costa County Public Works
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Cities
Richmond
Counties
Contra Costa
Regions
Northern California, San Francisco Bay Area
Cross Streets
Soto Street and Rumrill Blvd.
Zip
94801
Parcel #
409-320-XXX and 409-313-XXX
Railways
Union Pacific Railroad
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15301(c) and 15302(c)
Reasons for Exemption
The project consists of the reconstruction of an existing facility (railroad crossing) for the purposes of public safety on the same site involving negligible or no expansion of use pursuant to Article 19, Section 15301(c) and 15302(c) of the CEQA Guidelines.
County Clerk
Contra Costa
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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