Local Project Listing 2016 – Save California Streets

Bart-Downtown Pedestrian Interface

The San Leandro BART-Downtown Pedestrian Interface project transformed an uninspiring expanse of asphalt and concrete in front of the San Leandro Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station into a vibrant urban streetscape well prepared for future high-density transit-oriented development planned for the surrounding area. Pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists all benefit from these improvements. The original seven vehicle lanes were reduced to five to create space for the installation of on-street parking, class 2 bike lanes, and wider pedestrian sidewalks. New accessible pedestrian ramps were installed along with bulbouts and ornamental crosswalks at street intersections. A high-quality aesthetic environment was also created with additional landscape medians, sidewalk planter islands, street trees, decorative street lights with pedestrian scale fixtures, and wayfaring signage. The BART-Downtown Pedestrian Interface project is the first project to be implemented as part of the City’s Downtown Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Strategy. This strategy, created with a grant award from […]

January 15, 2016
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Southgate Neighborhood Sustainable Green Street Project

The Southgate neighborhood is a 41-acre single-family residential tract that was developed in the 1920’s that originally was designed to flow solely on surface gutter flows which were directed to a single storm drain inlet. The gutter surface drainage did no longer work due to deteriorated street conditions causing severe localized ponding during rain events. The primary objectives of the Southgate Neighborhood Sustainable Green Street Project were: 1) to address the storm drainage deficiencies within the Southgate neighborhood by improving the street surface drainage system, 2) to utilize innovative and sustainable techniques that minimize storm runoff and improve storm water quality, and 3) to become one of the pilot “Green Street” projects within the Bay Area. This project was in fact the second Green Street project constructed within Santa Clara County. “Green streets” incorporate low impact development techniques for site design and storm water treatment, including minimization of impervious area, […]

January 14, 2016
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Lance Gulch Road

What’s a complete Streets? In Trinity County, Complete Streets meant finding the easiest way between A and B, Right? This has always in the past been the extent of consideration when constructing a frontier rural highway in California’s remote areas. Now Complete Streets means something new and more important. Lance Gulch Road (LGR) is a new 1.4 mile minor arterial road constructed east of Weaverville. Opened Oct. 2015, this multi model road provides better circulation, improves safety, reduces vehicle miles traveled, and better serving residential areas and Trinity’s largest employer, Trinity River Lumber Mill. Also included, a bicycle lane, and a sidewalk that are heavily used, considered by many to be the new road’s best amenity. Further, it proved easier access to the solid waste facility, STAA trucks, and new route options for transit. It represents a new way of thinking in Trinity as to what is important in building […]

January 14, 2016
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Westfield Street Rehabilitation Project – Phase II

The Westfield Street Rehabilitation Project serves as an example of Efficient and Sustainable Road Maintenance and Reconstruction. 1. This project was a substantial improvement to the City of West Sacramento’s transportation infrastructure and can be quantified as: • 585,000 square feet of chip sealed roadway • 1,207,000 square feet or 19 lane-miles of slurry sealed roadway • 1,486 tons hot mix asphalt placed in repairing failed pavement • 3,283 linear feet of curb & gutter reconstructed for proper drainage • 18 ADA ramps upgrade for pedestrian access • Resurfaced Sacramento River boat launch parking lot for the City Parks Department 2. The project spanned three corners of the West Sacramento geographically and adjacent to a multitude of land uses including industrial, commercial, residential, and recreational areas. Further complexities include the variety of pavement rehabilitation and preservation treatments specified, including: • Type A HMA for leveling course • Type C “Intersection […]

January 14, 2016
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Sun City Street Improvement Project

Sun City is a master-planned community for senior citizens over age 55 within the City of Menifee. The four square mile residential community has a private HOA and is closed to members-only, but the commercial center is open to the public. Originally built in 1960, the Sun City Community of Menifee was one of four “Sun Cities” originally designed by Del Webb. The Sun City “Core” is Located on the west side of Interstate 215 (I-215), near the heart of the City. The community has a recent estimated population of some 17,770 residents in approximately 8,750 households. The age restricted area of the Core creates a strong sense of community among the residents. The community is served by a shopping center that was originally partially built by Del Webb and was part of the Sun City development. The center was originally known as the Sun City Shopping Center, but changed […]

January 14, 2016
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The Antelope Road Safe Routes to School Project- City of Menifee

The Antelope Road Safe Routes to School project’s is apart of the City’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP 15-05) and the main scope was to provide safe and adequate pedestrian access to the Romoland Elementary School in a marginalized area of the City that is considered a disadvantaged community, and is one of the city’s low-moderate income areas where 91% of the youth attending Romoland Elementary School are on free and reduced lunches with no transportation services. The existing road conditions consisted of a two lane road approximately 22 feet wide with dirt shoulders and poor signage. School children would sometimes walk alongside the road to get to school and were at serious risk for casualties or injuries. The project constructed the following improvements: 1. Widened the existing road width to 40’ to include street parking. 2.Constructed curb, gutter and sidewalk on both sides of Antelope Road and on the south […]

January 14, 2016
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Newport Road Widening Project-City of Menifee

The Newport Road Widening Project’s overall purpose was to directly improve the safety, traffic flow, and overall quality of the main thoroughfare in the City of Menifee. With close to 65,000 vehicles currently traveling along Newport Road, and with the incoming Interstate 215/ Newport Road Interchange project beginning in 2015 that would further impede traffic, coupled with increasing population growth marked at increasing 30% in 6 years and Newport Road being one of only three ways to bifurcate to Interstate 215, improvements along Newport Road had to be drastic, quick, and innovative with the accompanied fiscal challenges that comes with being a new city. This project included (1) adding one traffic lane in each direction between Antelope and Menifee Roads; (2) adding a double left turn lane from westbound Newport Road to Southbound Antelope Road; (3) adding a new traffic signal at the intersection; (4) installed conduit between traffic signals […]

January 14, 2016
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Rock Creek Road Rehabilitation Project

The Rock Creek Road Rehabilitation Project consisted of the rehabilitation, restoration and resurfacing of approximately 9.2 miles of Rock Creek Road, from its junction with US 395 south to the end of the road near Rock Creek Pack Station. The project widened the existing roadway to include two 11-foot travel lanes, a 4-foot wide striped bike lane along the southbound (uphill) travel lane, and 1-foot paved shoulders for a total paved width of 28 feet. Existing culverts (including 5 large arch-culverts) were extended to accommodate the wider roadway. The project was funded through the Federal Lands Access Program (FLAP) with a Toll Credit match. Construction occurred over two construction seasons and was completed in fall of 2015 for a cost of $9,500,000. Access to recreational uses along the length of the road remained open during construction. Rock Creek Road provides access to Rock Creek Lake, 12 Inyo National Forest campgrounds, […]

January 14, 2016
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The City of Bell’s Comprehensive Street Revitalization & Improvement Plan

The City of Bell underwent an unprecedented economic scandal culminating in 2011 with the arrest (and subsequent prosecution) of the City Manager, 4 of the 5 City Council Members, and other executive staff. In addition, the corruption resulted in more than 30 serious lawsuits against and by the City involving claims of tens of millions of dollars. The extensive theft and mismanagement of municipal funds over more than a decade together with the legacy litigation costs starved the City of money to conduct routine maintenance in a variety of areas including the transportation infrastructure. Former administration ignored critical needs of the city in terms of road resurfacing, street improvements, transportation issues including bus shelter improvements, pedestrian and bicycle street improvements. Administration knew that the community was poor and uneducated and as a result preyed on their vulnerability. A new City Council was elected in a special election in 2011. They […]

January 14, 2016
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Cosumnes River Boulevard / I-5 Interchange and Extension

This project is located in the southwest quadrant of the City of Sacramento. The Cosumnes River Boulevard/I-5 Interchange & Extension Project extends Cosumnes River Boulevard from its current westerly terminus at Franklin Boulevard to an interchange at I-5, and then farther west to an at-grade intersection with Freeport Boulevard in the currently unincorporated town of Freeport. Cosumnes River Boulevard/I-5 Interchange & Extension Project has resulted in a long-anticipated east-west arterial which will reduce traffic delays and improve safety. The connection includes a new interchange where the boulevard crosses Interstate 5, efficiently linking I-5 with State Route 99 to the east and providing a new regional connection between Franklin and Freeport boulevards. Construction of this project serves to shorten travel time between local communities and neighborhoods. Specifically, the project provides relief for the Meadowview/Mack Road corridor by increasing route continuity between SR 99 and Interstate 5. Vehicle mobility is improved thereby […]

January 14, 2016
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Category: Local Project Listing 2016

Bart-Downtown Pedestrian Interface

Southgate Neighborhood Sustainable Green Street Project

Lance Gulch Road

Westfield Street Rehabilitation Project – Phase II

Sun City Street Improvement Project

The Antelope Road Safe Routes to School Project- City of Menifee

Newport Road Widening Project-City of Menifee

Rock Creek Road Rehabilitation Project

The City of Bell’s Comprehensive Street Revitalization & Improvement Plan

Cosumnes River Boulevard / I-5 Interchange and Extension

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