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TRAFFIC RELIEF ON HIGHWAYS The County's aging Berkeley,which will improve conditions for all - highway system requires modes in both Emeryville and Berkeley. safety,access and gap The 1-80 Gilman project will receive funding to closure improvements to relieve a major bottleneck and safety problem at the I- . - enhance efficiencies and 80 Gilman interchange.The project includes both a reduce traffic on a largely major reconfiguration of the interchange and grade built-out system. Funding separation of the roadway and the railroad crossing has been allocated to each highway corridor which currently crosses Gilman at-grade impeding traffic flow to and from the freeway.Improvements in Alameda County for needed will also be made for pedestrians and bicyclists improvements.Specific projects have been crossing this location and accessing recreational identified based on project readiness,local opportunities west of the freeway,making this a true priority and the ability to leverage current multimodal improvement. investments and funds.A number of The Ashby Avenue corridor will receive funding to additional eligible projects have been fully reconstruct the Ashby Avenue Interchange by identified as candidates for corridor eliminating the substandard eastbound on-ramp in improvements,which will be selected for Berkeley's Aquatic Park.The interchange will be fully funding based on their contribution to the accessible to vehicles traveling to and from Emeryville and Berkeley and east and west on 1-80, overall goals of improving system reliability, will reduce local traffic congestion in Berkeley and maximizing connectivity,improving the Emeryville,and will improve bicycle and pedestrian environment and reducing congestion. access.The project includes associated corridor Priority implementation of specific improvements on Ashby Avenue. investments and amounts will be determined Al , as part of the Capital Improvement Program (so'1 ,,�33 C developed by Alameda CTC every two years. %^ \ . t:\ .9 , k Most of the projects that have been � \ ;A\1, ,V v fi t identified for funding are designed to '�1' -v; e, improve the efficiency of and access to �.-'r^ -��>qir I existing investments and to close gaps and 1\ 1l I a$f'� remove bottlenecks. 1 . "` �, A total of 9%of the net revenue is allocated , ■■ to the highway system,including 1%,or `o‘ C!� 3 approximately$77 M,allocated specifically to \1 - 1- 0 -- goods movement and related projects. 1 4 3 r _ 1-80 CORRIDOR INVESTMENTS FROM 8°' \ THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY LINE TO z THE BAY BRIDGE($76 M) \ ♦ . ' ;- I-80 in the northern part of the County is the most i \.�\ , congested stretch of freeway in the Bay Area. `�`10ifD,�-i wF Investments in the interchanges on this route were selected to relieve bottlenecks,improve safety and `�-' - improve conditions for cars,buses,trucks and 1.-A'\ bicyclists and pedestrians.Key investments will be Foriluarebve ryo.ana l r made at the Ashby and Gilman interchanges in 2014 Alameda County Transportation Expenditure Plan I 25