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  • Antelope Road to get new $550,000 stoplight this summer

    Citrus Heights, Amsterdam Avenue, AutumnWood,
    The City of Citrus Heights will install a new signal light at the intersection of Amsterdam Avenue and Antelope Road this summer.

    Citrus Heights drivers will soon notice a new light singal at the intersection of Antelope Road and Amsterdam Avenue this summer, located near the “pink house” and historic Rusch Home.

    Amsterdam Avenue resident Carolyn Martinez says traffic has already increased in the area from construction workers and interested buyers using Amsterdam as a main entrance for the new 46-home AutumnWood development.

    “I’m very glad that they’re gonna [construct a new stoplight],” said Martinez, commenting she has a hard time making left turns onto Antelope Road. “It’s necessary because I can’t even get out of my driveway sometimes.”

    City Management Analyst Regina Cave said a date hasn’t been set yet for when the project will begin, but said she hopes construction will start by the end of July or early August. She said traffic signal poles have been ordered, but won’t be delivered until July — and work won’t begin until all the equipment needed is received.

    The total cost of the project will run about $550,000, according to Cave, and will take around two months to complete, once work starts.

  • City gives ‘green light’ for addt’l $2M stoplight on Sunrise Blvd

    A new multimillion-dollar traffic light project on Sunrise Boulevard received the go-ahead from the Citrus Heights city council last month, with work scheduled to begin in November, according to General Services Director David Wheaton.

    Sunrise Blvd, Sungarden Dr. to get new stoplight. Photo credit: Luke Otterstad
    A new traffic light project is expected to begin in November  at the Sunrise Boulevard and Sungarden Drive intersection.

    Located at the intersection of Sunrise Boulevard and Sungarden Drive, City Manager Henry Tingle said the project is expected to take until Spring to finish, and is needed to improve traffic safety at a location where he said people have been hit and killed in the past.

    Asked about impact to traffic, Tingle said drivers “won’t see any delay in where they are going” after the project is finished.

    The project will run between $2.4 to $2.6 million, according to Wheaton, and also includes gutter, curb and sidewalk improvements, as well as several bus stops.

    Funding for the project is provided through a variety of sources, including a Highway Safety Improvement Program Grant, the Gas Tax, Measure A Capital fund, General Capital Improvement Funds, Transportation Development Act and Stormwater Utility funds, according to documents provided to the council by the City’s General Services Division. An estimated $86,600 will also be provided by Sacramento Regional Transit for the cost of the bus stops included in the project.

    Although work on the signal project won’t begin until November, Wheaton said construction activity at the location may be observed starting this week, as the Citrus Heights Water District will be working on a three-week project near the intersection.