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Recommendation to Accept an Update on Oakland-Alameda Estuary Bridge Project.
Preparation of design and feasibility studies are exempt from environmental review under California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines section 15262. (Planning, Building and Transportation 20962742)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Over the past 16 months, City of Alameda (City) staff, its consultant team, partners and stakeholders, including the City of Oakland, have made significant progress on the current planning and scoping phase for the Oakland-Alameda Estuary Bridge project (Bridge). The Bridge, when completed, will provide an alternative to the deficient Posey Tube bicycle path and will connect west Alameda to Jack London Square, Amtrak, Downtown Oakland, and two nearby Oakland BART stations.
This phase of work, called a Project Initiation Document (PID), will provide the technical foundation for the next phases of the bridge design and implementation process, and is completely funded with a $1.55 million grant from the Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC). In July 2022, City Council authorized staff to execute two contracts, with HNTB and Arup, to develop the PID and provide community engagement, and for technical oversight, respectively.
This staff report and presentation provides an update on the work completed to date, and next steps.
BACKGROUND
In 2009, the City developed a comprehensive Estuary Crossing Final Feasibility Study Report (Study Report) to analyze and evaluate all of the potential strategies for crossing the Oakland Estuary (Estuary) either by foot, bike, or transit. This planning effort was the first to directly analyze the feasibility of new or improved Estuary crossings, with the goal of developing crossing designs that would appeal to users, adjacent communities, decision-makers, transit providers, and funding authorities. Near-, mid-, and lo...
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