Side Slope Repair on State Route 41 and 180 in Fresno County.
Summary
SCH Number
2021020114
Public Agency
California Department of Transportation, District 6
(DOT)
Document Title
Side Slope Repair on State Route 41 and 180 in Fresno County.
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/5/2021
Document Description
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) proposes to repair damaged side slopes due to homeless people excavating into the slopes. The excavations vary in size, but many of these holes or caves are extensive and pose a threat to the state highway system, the traveling public, and the homeless if they were to collapse. The proposed project will be to import borrow fill material, backfilling/compacting operations, the placement of a 6” layer of mulch, and traffic control. All construction activities will be within our State Right-of-Way. No additional right of way is required.
Contact Information
Name
Trais Norris
Agency Name
Senior Environmental Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Fresno
Counties
Fresno
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Various
State Highways
41 and 180
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15301-Categorically Exempt. Class 1.
Reasons for Exemption
The project is exempt under section 15301; CLASS 1: EXISTING FACILITIES consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, or minor alteration of existing public facilities, involving no expansion of an existing use. The project involves some minor repair damaged side slopes due to homeless people excavating into the slopes. The proposed project will be to import borrow fill material, backfilling/compacting operations, the placement of a 6” layer of mulch. Furthermore, the project will not have a significant effect on the environmental resources.