Deed - AlvaradoMartinez - File 1220, 1988

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Alvarado Street south of the redevelopment area is a ,,,u,..: arterial serving a large southern area of the City. This area contains major established commercial, industrial and residential developments. The estimated traffic volume, generated by the new developments, from the established areas to the south and the newly redeveloped areas will be in excess of 5,000 vehicles per day. Current routes on existing arterials and freeways for this additional traffic is along Davis Street to San Leandro Boulevard to either Williams Street or Marina Boulevard and back to Alvarado Street; or Davis Street to the Himitz Freeway to Marina Boulevard and back to Alvarado Street. Routes that exist on narrow local residential streets such as Orchard Avenue and Pacific Avenue are undesirable to the residents because of the noise and congestion, and detrimental to public improvements because the streets were designed for light residential loads. Martinez Street cannot be considered as an alternate route because the portion between Davis Street and West Estudillo Avenue is soon to be abandoned. This abandonment is dependent upon completion of the current Alvarado Street construction. In summary, the proposed crossing would serve the public need by providing the public with direct access between the redeveloped area and established developments to the south; relieve existing public arterials and freeways of additional traffic burden; reduce citizen anxiety and prolong the life of public improvements on local streets.