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Interstate 5 and the Peripheral Canal in San Jcaquin and
Sacramento Counties, California. CED-78-65; B-1644973). March
10, 1978. 2 pp. + 5 appendices (24 Pp.).
Report to Rep. George Miller; by Henry Eschwege, Directcr,
Community and Economic Development Div.
Contact: Community and econoaic Development Diw.
Budget Function: Commerce and Trausportation: Ground
Transportation (404).
organization Concerned: California: Dept. of Transportation;
California: Dept. of Hater Resources; Department of
Transportation; Federal Highway administration.
Congressional Relevance: Rep. George Miller.
Authority: Friends of the Earth v. Brinegar, Civ. No. 73-2184
(N.D. Cal. 1974). H.R. 9258 (95th Cong.). 23 U.S.C. 104(b).
23 U.S.C. 120(c).
Over half of Interstate 5 (1-5), the principal
north-south route on the west coast of the United States, is
locaied within California. In October 1976, the Department of
Transportation classified about 22 miles of 1-5 in CaLifornia's
San Joaquin and Sacramento Counties as one of the essential gaps
of the Interstate Highway System. At present, adout 7 miles of
the 22-mile segment have been completed and open.d to local
traffic, and work on the remaining 13 miles is underway.
Findings/Conclusions: The entire 22-mile 1-5 segment has been
controversial, primarily because of environmental issues raised
in early 1971 which culminated in legal action. The legal
action, which was unsuccessful, was an attempt by
environmentalists to halt plans to obtain landfill material
(borrow) from the proposed Peripheral Canal for 1-5 projects.
The legal action did not oppose completion of the highway.
Although leqislation is pending, neither the State nor the
Federal Government has given final approval for Peripheral Canal
construction. The State estimates that all work on the segment
will be completed by the fall cf 1979. The estimated total cost
of constructing the segment is $48.5 million, with the Federal
share estimated at $43.7 willion and the State share estimated
at $4.8 million. (RS)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaawve0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)