CalTrans’ Richardson Grove Improvement Project is not an isolated occurrence. The project through Richardson Grove State Park is one of many projects Caltrans is thrusting on the Northcoast of California in order to remove existing restrictions to Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) trucks, now considered the industry standard.
Wholesale STAA access through Richardson Grove is potentially the most immediately devastating threat to our county.
It would open the north-south link in a circuit connecting Interstate 5 and U.S. Highway 101 via routes 199, 299, and 20, putting large diesel trucks on 101 through, not just into, our county, 24-hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
