Hammond Road/70th Avenue Bike Lanes Project
Summary
SCH Number
2026020981
Lead Agency
Riverside County
Document Title
Hammond Road/70th Avenue Bike Lanes Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Roadway, Secondary Highway
Document Description
The County of Riverside Transportation Department is proposing to widen Hammond Road and 70th Avenue to accommodate buffered bike lanes between the unincorporated community of Mecca and North Shore in Riverside County, California. Each side of the road would be widened by 9 feet, providing new 5-foot-wide bike lanes with 4-foot-wide buffers in each direction between the intersections of Hammond Road and 2nd Street to the north and 70th Avenue and Sea View Way to the southeast. An existing bridge over the Wasteway No. 1 Coachella Valley Stormwater Channel, just east of Cleveland Street, would be widened. The purpose of the Project is to improve bicycle mobility and safety and vehicular safety and to improve connectivity between the unincorporated communities of Mecca and North Shore.
Contact Information
Name
Don Copeland
Agency Name
County of Riverside Transportation Department
Job Title
Senior Transportation Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Court Morgan
Agency Name
ICF
Job Title
Managing Director, Environmental Planning
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Unincorporated communities of Mecca and North Shore
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Hammond Road/70th Avenue
Zip
92254
Total Acres
N/A
Parcel #
N/A
State Highways
SR-86, SR-11
Railways
Union Pacific Railroad
Airports
None
Schools
North Shore Elementary, Mecca Elementary, Saul Martinez Elem.
Waterways
Wasteway No. 1 Coachella Valley Stormwater Channel, Coachella Canal,
Township
N/A
Range
N/A
Section
N/A
Base
N/A
Other Information
Waterways (Continued): Whitewater River, Box Canyon Wash, Salton Sea.
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy (CVMC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 8 (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, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, University of California Natural Reserve System (UCNRS)
Development Types
Transportation:Other (Bike Lanes)
Local Actions
Transportation
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, 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, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
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