These two substance abuse center facilities will bring an additional 40-100+ vehicles (patients, staff, visitors, deliveries, etc) traversing Deer Valley Road on a regular basis, maybe even daily (my analysis here). These Rescue properties are located off of Deer Valley Road, 1.5 miles north of Green Valley Road, and access requires traversing multiple blind corners, a single lane bridge crossing, and unpaved residential roads.
As those of us who live here, and drive this road daily know, Deer Valley Road is a challenging road to navigate. It is very narrow and reduces down to a single lane in a number of places. Just the other day another accident occurred on the one lane bridge crossing that every visitor to these facilities will need to traverse both coming and going. On many days bicyclists navigate this road to enjoy the serene beauty and natural wildlife, adding even more risk for transient traffic.
The condition of Deer Valley Road, along with the significant increase in traffic these two facilities will bring, make it obvious that this is NOT the right location for these two large medical facilities.
Some questions for our state leaders who are funding/approving this –
- Why were these locations chosen for these large commercial facilities?
- Did the State vet and approve of these locations with the obvious drawbacks they bring?
- Why wasn’t El Dorado County involved in the location planning for these significant commercial facility developments?
- Will El Dorado County allow these facilities to be built without significant infrastructure improvements to Deer Valley Road?
- Does the project implementation include the necessary Deer Valley Road, and local access road improvements to support the two facilities and resulting traffic they will create?
Rescue Deer Valley! 