DETAILED TRESTLE PROJECT UPDATES
September 2024
A detailed material condition assessment was completed on the wood posts in 2023, and provided a critical foundation for the preliminary site design work that is now proceeding. Staff retained a consultant, Foth Infrastructure and Environment, for the design phase work on the Trestle rehabilitation/reconstruction project with a kick-off that took place in June. The design services include planning, limited additional studies (a supplemental geotechnical investigation), design alternatives and options analysis, and ultimately the final design of a rehabilitated trestle.
The design phase will take approximately one year and include a robust public outreach component to seek community feedback and inform the design. We look forward to working with our community to envision the future of the Trestle. A schedule of public outreach meetings to be conducted through the rest of 2024 will be forthcoming.
MAY 2023
From May 22-27, 2023, Inspectors will be on the river and the Trestle conducting an inspection of the timber conditions on the Trestle and assessing the deterioration since the last Trestle study in 2011. This work will help us understand what parts of the trestle can be salvaged or repaired in a future design, which will help us figure out how much the trestle rehabilitation will ultimately cost. It's crucial work, and we're excited to begin this milestone in one of our community's top ten priorities.
This work will bring us closer to the completion of the first two milestones below, Reengage on Previous Studies/Plans/Designs and Commence Design of the Project to Make the Project Ready for Bids in FY24 or FY25.
MILESTONES
*Please note the City of Petaluma's fiscal year is from July 1 to June 30 of the following year.
Milestone Description |
Estimated Completion |
Progress Status |
| Reengage on previous studies/plans/design: | FY23/24 Q4 | COMPLETE |
| Design Phase to reach shovel ready status: | FY24/25 Q3
|
In Progress |
| Environmental Assessment/permitting: | FY24/25 Q3 | Upcoming |
| Research and identify viable options for ownership of (a) the existing structure and (b) the underlying land | FY24/25 Q3 | In Progress |
| Outreach – including CCBs | FY24/25 Q2 | Upcoming |
| Clarify a vision for what the Trestle can, should, and will be; create an artistic rendering | FY24/25 Q2 | In Progress |
| Research and compile potential, viable grant programs | FY24/25 Q3 | Upcoming |
| Apply for permits for construction | FY25/26 Q1 | Upcoming |
| Design completed - project is shovel ready | FY25/26 Q1 | Upcoming |
| Funding secured | FY26+ | Upcoming |
| Award construction contract | FY26+ | Upcoming |
| Project construction | FY26+ | Upcoming |
