A traffic safety improvement project at Folsom Lake Crossing and East Natoma Street is set to begin in the spring. The project is designed to improve safety, reduce accidents and fatalities, and increase mobility.

The project will include 2,150 feet of metal beam median barriers, radar speed feedback signs, and updated pavement markers and signage. Median barrier rails will be installed on Folsom Lake Crossing, between the Johnny Cash Bridge and Folsom Spillway Access Road, and on East Natoma Street, between Gionata Way to the Folsom Lake Crossing intersection. The city also plans to resurface the same portion of East Natoma Street and Folsom Lake Crossing with a "friction course" overlay—a pavement treatment that improves surface drainage and tire traction.

These locations were identified in the city's 2021 Local Road Safety Plan (LRSP)—a data-driven analysis of major traffic collisions, which identifies the appropriate corrective measures to reduce traffic accident fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads. The LRSP is updated on a regular basis to evaluate recent collisions and is required to apply for and obtain State of California traffic safety improvement funding. Design plans will be completed in February, and construction will begin in May. A U.S. Department of Transportation Highway Safety Improvement Program grant funds the Folsom Lake Crossing and East Natoma Street Barrier Rail Project. 

For more information about the project contact Senior Civil Engineer Ryan Chance at 916-461-6713 or rchance@folsom.ca.us.