Award Winners (2017)

Location City of Commerce on Eastern Avenue between Atlantic Boulevard & south of the RR Tracks (south of Commerce Way) City or County Responsible for Project City of Commerce Category Roads: Efficient and Sustainable Road Maintenance, Construction and Reconstruction Projects. Author Maryam Babaki Organization City of Commerce Address 2535 Commerce Way, Commerce, CA 90040 Phone 323-722-4805 Ext. 2337 Fax 323-888-6537 Project Description Eastern Avenue is a major corridor in the City of Commerce with heavy vehicular & truck traffic, connecting to the I-5 Freeway. This project was not the traditional pavement rehabilitation design & construction project. It involved extensive coordination with local businesses to ensure the roadway remained open and have the least impact to the community. Additionally, the City had a limited budget & tight timeline for work to be completed before Thanksgiving. Originally, the project cost for rehabilitation was estimated to be $2.3M. After value engineering & analysis

Location Los Angeles County City or County Responsible for Project Los Angeles County Category Bridge: Efficient and Sustainable Bridge Maintenance, Construction and Reconstruction Projects Author Tera Haramoto Organization LA County DPW Phone 626-458-7829 Project Description In 2011, in collaboration and partnership with Caltrans and FHWA, the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works (DPW) assumed a leadership role in developing an innovative, cost effective, and user-friendly program available for all regulatory agencies within the State of California to process Oversize or Overweight Transportation (OOT) permits. As specified in the California Vehicle Code (CVC), an OOT Permit is required for movement of vehicles and loads exceeding statutory size and weight limitations. Many local agencies do not have the technical ability to review overweight vehicle impact on bridges and issue OOT permits without such considerations, thus resulting in high-risk and accelerate degradation of local bridges. Caltrans, FHWA and DPW recognized a

Location City of San Diego – Mira Mesa Community City or County Responsible for Project City of San Diego Category Safety or Intelligent Transportation System Projects Author Eddie Flores Organization City of San Diego Address 1010 Second Av, Suite 800, San Diego, CA 92101 Phone 619-533-3761 Fax 619-533-3131 Project Description Mira Mesa Phase I adaptive traffic control system, activated in Summer 2016, is the City of San Diego’s most complex system deployment. Project goal is to improve traffic flow, reduce travel times, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and enhance safety in one of the most traffic-congested communities in San Diego. To meet these goals, the City of San Diego selected the most advanced adaptive traffic control system currently on the market: InSync. Mira Mesa Phase I adaptive traffic control system deployment was designed to tie into initial InSync deployments on Lusk Boulevard, which involved nine intersections and public/private funding. Successful deployment

Location North of Windsor River Road City or County Responsible for Project Town of Windsor, Sonoma County Category Complete Streets Projects Author Carl L. Euphrat Organization Town of Windsor, Department of Public Works Address 9291 Old Redwood Highway, P.O. Box 100, Windsor, CA 95492 Phone 707-838-1195 Fax 707-838-3137 Project Description The Old Redwood Highway Improvement Project (“the Project”) was initiated by a private commercial and residential development project named Bell Village (BV). The developer of BV is Oakmont Senior Living (OSL). The projects developed by OSL are extremely well received and they spare no expense in design and construction. Therefore, development of Old Redwood Highway (ORH) became a well received collaboration with OSL. The Project was a model of a successful Public-Private partnership for a project to benefit the greater local community. OSL agreed to improve the entire width of ORH for the full length of the Project. In return,

Location City of Orinda – citywide City or County Responsible for Project City of Orinda Category Roads: Efficient and Sustainable Road Maintenance, Construction and Reconstruction Projects. Author Lawrence Theis Organization City of Orinda Address 22 Orinda Way Orinda, CA 94563 Phone 925-253-4260 Fax 925-253-7699 Project Description Beginning in 2012 with passage of a half-cent sales tax measure, the City of Orinda embarked on a ten year road repair plan to improve the very poor condition of its road network. Previously the City had multiple failed road bond measures and was reduced to performing maintenance only on arterial and collector roads due to a steep funding shortfall. The City’s public roadway network of 92.7 centerline miles had a pavement condition index (PCI) of 46 which ranked as the fourth worst rating in the Bay Area. Starting in 2014, the City began a small scale paving program around $2 million which rehabilitated