The City of Merced will begin construction of a four-lane undercrossing on G Street at the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe (BNSF) Railroad tracks in July. The City received $9 million from the California Transportation Commission to build the undercrossing and will match that money with another $9 million.

The project will take approximately 18 months and G Street near the BNSF tracks will be closed during that time. Residents are being asked to plan their routes to accommodate the closure. Allow extra time for the drive, consolidate your trips and see if you can modify your commute hours to avoid traffic. Telecommuting completely avoids the traffic, and is green, too.

A Citizens Advisory Committee assisted City staff in designing the undercrossing and also helped to determine how to deal with the affected side streets. Meetings of the Citizens Advisory Committee were open to everyone, and the meeting dates, times and locations were posted on the City website.

Information on the project will be posted on this website and also will be available for review in the City Engineers Office on the second floor of the Merced Civic Center, 678 W. 18th St.

To view:

• Detour maps for the G Street Undercrossing project. Click here

• 11/3/08 Administrative Report and Meeting Minutes. Click here

• Public Comment Summary from the 10/23/08 public meeting. Click here

• Neighborhood Traffic Calming Guidlines. Click here

• Citizens' Advisory Ad-Hoc Committee (CAC) page for an application. Click here

• Citizens' Advisory Committee 2009 Agendas. Click here

• Citizen's Advisory Committee 2009 Minutes. Click here

• Citizen's Advisory Committee 2009 Reports. Click here

• Artist Renderings Click here