Work will get underway in earnest in the coming months for expansion of the Manteca Transit Center parking lot.
It needs to be in place by 2023 when the Altamont Corridor Express extends service south to Ceres with stops in Modesto, Ripon, and downtown Manteca.
Senate Bill 1 — that made the state gas tax hike possible — provided funding to extend the commuter train services.
In addition to boarding ACE trains at the Lathrop-Manteca station on West Yosemite Avenue to head into the Bay Area, you will be able to catch ACE trains in Manteca to reach Sacramento as well as San Jose.
The city this week demolished a house they acquired immediately to the east of the exiting transit parking lot for the expansion project. The adjoining site of the former recycling center will have concrete and such removed.
The city is in the process of obtaining a third parcel.
Manteca is now working on the parking lot design. At the same time the San Joaquin County Railroad Commission will be locating a passenger platform at a point east of the existing parking lot so when trains load and unload passengers they won’t block the South MainStreet railroad crossing.
Funding for the parking lot project is from a federal grant.
The parking lot project is among the priorities and needs the public works department presented during the City Council’s recent goal setting workshop for the fiscal year starting July 1.
Also, on the public works’ list is:
*locating and accruing property for Manteca’s Transit bus facility yard.
*renovating the solid was division office building on Wetmore Street.
*expand solid waste staff as the city grows.
*secure contracts for diversion and processing of organic waste streams and recycling materials.
*complete the senior center kitchen upgrade project.
*complete replacement of the golf course driving range safety netting.
*replace the roof as well as heating and air conditioning system at the senior center.
*implement a planned fleet replacement program.
*complete water and wastewater master plans as well as rate studies for both divisions.
*upgrade various wells.
*maximize Manteca’s reuse of treated wastewater for beneficial uses in Manteca. (181.04 million gallons of recycled wastewater was produced in 2021.)
*upgrade the wastewater treatment system with implementation of glycerin dosing and improved activated sludge handling.
Among projects the public works department has completed during the past 12 months include the Northgate Park picnic area renovation project, the BMX track renovation project, the first phases of park controller upgrades to improve water conservation, and various facility renovation projects.
To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com
