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Rose Avenue Extension The 1996 General Plan roadway network assumed that between the years 2000 and 2005 Rose Avenue would be extended through to Valley Avenue as a 2-lane road with a two- way left turn lane. The 1996 General Plan also shows the intersection of Valley Avenue and Rose Avenue as a future traffic signal-controlled intersection. The General Plan also contains an express program to "diligently pursue" this extension by "all available means" (Program 4.7). Both Alternatives B and C include this extension. This extension has been studied directly several times, both as a response to Division Street residents' requests and as part of development reviews for projects along the east- west portion of Rose Avenue. These reviews showed value in this street in reducing Division St./Black Ave. traffic, but its main value was in providing local access to the then-underdeveloped area. The Nolan Farm project constructed Rose Ave. as a two-lane street with traffic-calming/access-providing traffic circles rather than the turn lane configuration shown in the General Plan. Rose Avenue at its easterly end is a longer cul- de-sac than normally allowed; emergency access via the Fairgrounds is controlled by the Fair Board. This street extension is likely to be funded by a combination of direct developer and City funds, depending on proposed densities of remaining undeveloped land, selected route, and Alameda County participation. Extending Rose Avenue adds another east / west link to the downtown and southerly Del Prado / Pleasanton Valley areas. It would aR'act trips otherwise using Bernal - Pleasanton Avenue - Division Street / Rose Avenue, Hansen Drive, Crestline Road, and Black Avenue. It could increase traffic on Del Valle Parkway. This street extension would reduce miles traveled on other collector streets, reduce total miles traveled, and reduce total driving times throughout the City. Regional cut-through trips would not be attracted to this route; however, it would be attractive to users outside the immediate Rose Avenue vicinity. Note that while Fair Street (Rose Avenue's connector to Hopyard - Pleasanton Ave.) has homes fronting on it, all new homes in the Rose Ave. extension area are oriented onto side streets. Also note that Pleasanton Avenue and Division Street carry far more traffic than their neighborhood collector design would justify. Stoneridge Drive Extension The 1996 General Plan roadway network assumed the extension and widening of Stoneridge Drive as a 6-lane roadway to El Charro between the years 2000 and 2005. Alternative C includes this extension. It is left out of Alternative B. Stoneridge Drive easterly of Hacienda Park was added to the General Plan in the 1980's when West Las Positas was seen as inappropriate for through traffic, based on its design/orientation to houses, and a replacement roadway connecting the business parks 4