Resolution No. 2688 - East Valley General Plan (iii)

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r- rt 5esda Mar c 17, Proposed Circulatien The Circulation Element cie the Comprehensive General .Plan designates Valley Boulevard and Pepper Avenue as major thorough- fares. Valley is currently at the designed width and Pepper is seheduled for construction in the 1967 calendar year_ Randail, San Bernarthno, and. C Streets are now designated as secondary streets; Meridian, Laurel east of Pepper, and a portion of C Street are designated as collector or industrial. streets. To fully open the land For development; a system of collector and industrial streets must he established to adequately carry traffic to ard from the major streets and freeway,. Areas of more intensified development will logically warrant more streets of a greater width, than the local type or street; such as the area from Valley north to C. The establishment of these east-west streets is necessary to carry the traffic from the major and secondary routes, to the property, with as much ease and as Little congestion as it possible,: • The extensions of Laurel, Randall, and Cypress are necessary to connect the major roads together„ Laurel would then tie Mt.. Vernon with Pepper, providing, along with Randall, cross town • routes,. Randall will extend easterly to the San Bernardino Freeway an and westerly to .Rialto and Fontana Cities,. Cypress will connect Valley with Mill, providing residential traffic with quick access to the intercity major highways. Proposed_Land Use The area south of the San Bernardino Freeway and west of Rancho is .firmly established as heavy industrial use with the cement plant, pipeline„ and railroad car repairing.. The area Is ideally suited tor this t ype, which requires large acreage, as the ;and is adjacent to major transportation, facilities, railroad frontage, the land. is flat and etas a poor quality of soil For agricultural uses. Nearby is the Santa .Ana River basin which is necessary to accommedate sewerage. disposal from large prtscessing or manufacturing concerns.. North of the freeway along Hermosa Avenue is the site of nevi Southern Pacific rail facilities from this spur track esterly to the golf course and from the freeway north to C Street the area suited for uban services. These uses include, warehousing, storage, distribution, sales, and uses related to both the Urban and Industraill Areas, This area provides the necessary transportation facilities for efficient handling of goods and it As centerally Located and easily accessa.ble. The area westerlysalong Valley Boulevard is ideal for heavy commercial and highway services. The intersection of Pepper and the freeway will most logically develop to tour'st related facilities, and the small, but accessabie lots between Valley Boulevard and the freeway will develop to sales and distribution uses.