Results from Bass Lake Action Committee 2024 Bass Lake Road Safety Poll
In October the Bass Lake Action Committee published a poll from our Traffic and Safety Committee, which focused on garnering community feedback about prioritizing potential safety improvements along Bass Lake Road for traffic, pedestrians, and bicyclists. To be clear, many obstacles would have to be overcome for any of these potential safety improvements to be approved and funded, but the goal of the poll was to determine what improvements that our Bass Lake Community wanted to prioritize.
Based on the poll results, safety improvements were the top priorities identified by the Bass Lake Community. Community members also identified needed capacity improvements, but focused on traffic and pedestrian safety items.
The number one priority identified by residents was the need for a Multiuse Pedestrian & Bike Path from Silver Springs Pkwy to Sienna Ridge Rd. Since the Sienna Ridge Road shopping center was completed, there has been no pedestrian pathway or bicycle lane to connect the 1000-plus homes on the east side of Bass Lake. Consequently, pedestrians are left to walk along the edge of Bass Lake Road utilizing the narrow dirt foot path on the outside of the guardrail where the road crosses the Bass Lake overflow. Bicyclists have to try to navigate the edge of Bass Lake Road.
The second highest priority in the poll results was for turn pockets at the entrances of residential villages. The entrances for the Serrano J6 and J7 Villages along Bass Lake Road at Whistling Way and Barbary Way were not required to construct frontage improvements. The Bridlewood Drive entrance for Bridlewood Canyon lacks a turn pocket, but it also includes a bus turnout that was designed and constructed in the 1980s, and is essentially nonfunctional for school buses today. The entrance for The Hills of El Dorado Village at Magnolia Hills Drive includes a left turn pocket, but lacks a right turn pocket.
The third place priority for improvements is an expansion of Bass Lake Road to Four Full Lanes from US50 to Serrano Parkway.
Priority 1 (lowest priority) through 5 (highest priority)
| Safety Improvement | Priority 1 | Priority 2 | Priority 3 | Priority 4 | Priority 5 |
| FULL Bass Lake Rd – US50 interchange improvement | 53 (26.11%) | 30 (14.78%) | 47 (23.15%) | 23 (11.33%) | 50 (24.63%) |
| Change Westbound US50 Bass Lake Rd Off Ramp to Full STOP – remove YIELD | 106 (52.22%) | 30 (14.78%) | 26 (12.81%) | 16 (7.88%) | 25 (12.32%) |
| Four Lane Bass Lake Rd – US50 to Serrano Pkwy | 62 (30.54%) | 10 (4.93%) | 24 (11.82%) | 29 (14.29%) | 78 (38.42%) |
| Four Lane Bass Lake Rd – US50 to Silver Springs Pkwy | 73 (35.96%) | 21 (10.34%) | 31 (15.27%) | 21 (10.34%) | 57 (28.08%) |
| Four Lane Bass Lake Rd – US50 to Green Valley Rd | 87 (42.86%) | 27 (13.3%) | 25 (12.32%) | 14 (6.9%) | 50 (24.63%) |
| Bass lake Rd at Hollow Oak Dr Traffic Signal | 82 (40.39%) | 30 (14.78%) | 58 (28.57%) | 14 (6.9%) | 19 (9.36%) |
| Bass Lake Rd – Bridlewood Dr Stop Sign | 81 (39.9%) | 24 (11.82%) | 25 (12.32%) | 20 (9.85%) | 53 (26.11%) |
| Bass Lake Rd – Bridlewood Dr Roundabout | 67 (33%) | 15 (7.39%) | 43 (21.18%) | 28 (13.79%) | 50 (24.63%) |
| Sienna Ridge Shopping Center Fuel Station Driveway Right Turn OUT only | 60 (29.56%) | 13 (6.4%) | 49 (24.14%) | 24 (11.82%) | 57 (28.08%) |
| Bass Lake Rd Residential Entrances – Turn Pockets | 22 (10.84%) | 18 (8.87%) | 27 (13.3%) | 39 (19.21%) | 97 (47.78%) |
| Northbound Bass Lake Rd Madera Way right turn lane SIGNS and Road Paint | 52 (25.62%) | 24 (11.82%) | 55 (27.09%) | 25 (12.32%) | 47 (23.15%) |
| Bass Lake Rd Multiuse Pedestrian & Bike Path from Silver Springs Pkwy to Sienna Ridge Rd | 35 (17.24%) | 9 (4.43%) | 26 (12.81%) | 12 (5.91%) | 121 (59.61%) |