Nominations – Page 9 – Save California Streets

Brandon Street and Green Street Project: An Investment in Sustainability

Brandon Street and Green Street Road Project: An Investment in Sustainability Brandon Street and Green Street Road Project is an urban residential roadway improvement project by the Los Angeles Department of Public Works which incorporated a variety of sustainable low impact development (LID) features for roadway design and storm-water management and treatment. The approximately $2 million project improved a three-quarter mile stretch of roadway on Brandon and Green Streets in the unincorporated area of East Pasadena. Brandon Street and Green Street Project was originally conceived as a traditional road improvement project with a new storm drain component in an urban residential neighborhood. The project scope included construction of missing roadway, sidewalk, and curb improvements to match the surrounding neighborhood street improvements. Residents that lived within the project limits had been requesting construction of the missing improvements in front of their properties for many years and funding had now been identified […]

January 29, 2015
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Lincoln Avenue Bridge Widening

The project consisted of widening Lincoln Avenue Bridge over the Santa Ana River on both sides with an 18 feet reinforced concrete box girder superstructure, pier walls, debris noses, diaphragm type abutments, and wing walls, all founded on steel driven piles. This project also removed unsound concrete on existing bridge deck, fill deck voids with rapid set concrete, treat bridge deck with methacrylate, and overlay/slurry seal the road approaches. There were many challenges due to the close proximity of popular hiking/biking trails, groundwater basins, and a gravel/asphalt plant. The project added two travel lanes, bike lanes, and sidewalks while upgrading the barrier. The public now feels safer crossing the bridge connecting the Cities of Orange and Anaheim. Also, the much needed maintenance will continue the life of the bridge for many years to come.

January 29, 2015
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City of San Luis Obispo PMP Project – Roadway Sealing 2014

The City of SLO’s 2014 Sealing Project efficiently resealed 20% of City streets in under 2 months. It’s the culmination of many preparatory efforts, minimizing future street cuts to maximize pavement life. The project accelerated City Council’s goal to maintain 70% of local streets in good condition & less than 7% in bad condition & is a product of the Pavement Maintenance Plan (PMP) adopted by Council in 1998. The PMPs key element establishes a rotating, methodical approach ensuring all areas of the City receive regular maintenance over an 8 year period. Annual projects concentrate on 1 of 8 predefined City areas. Reduced street-maintenance funds restricted the PMP to completion of extensive reconstruction on a heavily traveled arterial in 2013 with no funds left for neighborhood sealing. Thus in 2014 available roadwork funding was directed into neighborhoods, incorporating the area passed in 2013 & area scheduled for 2014. This approach […]

January 28, 2015
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Centennial Memorial Bridge

This marvel of engineering weighs in at four million pounds. Beaumont’s Centennial Memorial Bridge was completed in 2012 and provides a crucial connection between the northern portion of the City, which has developed over the past two decades to incorporate thousands of new homes in beautiful master-planned communities, to it’s undeveloped southern limits. The rust-colored metal structure, which spans the railroad tracks and San Timoteo Creek, may look like an old-time railroad trestle, but it’s actually a bridge to the future. It will open up land for a regional mall, unlock 2,000 acres for industrial and commercial building, and lead to thousands of new jobs. The bridge itself harkens to the days when steam engines chugged their way–through strong winds, scorching heat, and even blowing snow–to the top of Beaumont Hill. At 2,591 feet in elevation, it marked the highest point—the Summit—along Southern Pacific Railroad’s fabled Sunset Route between Los […]

January 27, 2015
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Pacific Street Safe Routes to School Project

#3 – Safety or Intelligent Transportation System Projects – The County of San Bernardino received a safe-route-to-school grant to install in-ground flashing light systems at 3 crosswalks along Pacific Street and provide newly painted crosswalks at 3 additional locations. Pacific Street, between Perris Hill Park Road and Glasgow Avenue, in the San Bernardino area is a 4-lane secondary highway road running east to west. Pacific Street intersects Perris Hill Park Road, Barton Street, Perris Hill Road, Tippecanoe Avenue, Fairfax Drive, and Dwight Way as “T” intersections, and at Glasgow Avenue as a four-legged intersection. Within the project limits, there are Pacific High School, Fairfax Elementary School, and a church on the north side of Pacific Street which generates a considerable amount of both vehicular and pedestrian traffic. The accident data analyzed in support of the grant application found that from 2001 to 2011, there were 14 accidents involving pedestrians along […]

January 27, 2015
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Castro Streetscape Improvement Project

Castro Street between Market and 19th Streets is one of the most well-known neighborhood commercial districts in San Francisco, serving the needs of local residents and being the historic center of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender) community. In collaboration between the San Francisco Department of Public Works, the San Francisco Planning Department, and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, the improvement project set to meet the concerns the local community by creating safer streets and an improved street life experience. The final plan was the result of a community planning effort that included a series of public meetings and workshops held November 2012-May 2013. Construction was complete in November 2014. Projects highlights include new wider sidewalks; a Rainbow Honor Walk; new street trees; new bike racks & perch benches; 30 new ADA compliant curb ramps; a mid-block bulb-out to increase pedestrian safety and civic space; and new pedestrian signals.

January 27, 2015
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ARAM – Slurry Seal and Overlay Project Old Ranch Road et al

This neighborhood happens to be at the bottom of the mountains/hills and has a high ground water table. From past and very costly experiences, we have learned that we can not open the street to expose base as heavy equipment running over the base would cause ground water to percolate up through the soil causing the project budget to triple. In an attempt to save money the project was broken up into two bids. One was for the ARAM/Slurry Seal and the other was for the cold mill and overlay. Thus, we had to come up with a strategy that would deliver years of pavement life, improve ride quality, esthetically pleasing and deliver the most bang for our buck. The scope of work for 8 of the 22 streets were to cold mill the entire pavement area one and a half inches, place 3/8″ Asphalt Rubber Aggregate Membrane (ARAM) and […]

January 27, 2015
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Bridge Preventive Maintenance Program (Los Angeles County)

Within the State of California there are approximately 25,000 bridges listed on the National Bridge Inventory (NBI). Roughly 30% of those bridges are classified as either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. Similarly, in Los Angeles County, approximately 30% of the more than 1,400 locally-owned NBI bridges share the same designations and more than half have exceeded their theoretical 50-year design life. With an aging bridge infrastructure in need of various levels of repairs, rehabilitation, or replacement, it has become vital for local agencies to take a proactive approach to overall management of their bridge inventories by addressing the needs of bridges that are still in good condition rather than solely applying a “worst-first” approach. To help preserve and maximize the useful life of locally-owned NBI bridges within Los Angeles County, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (Public Works) has taken the lead to initiate and secure federal funding […]

January 26, 2015
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Kanan Road T1, T2, and T3 Tunnels and Malibu Canyon Road Tunnel Lining Project

Narrative Description Of Your Entry The Kanan Road T1, T2, and T3 Tunnels and Malibu Canyon Road Tunnel Lining Project consists of seven tunnels located in the unincorporated County area near Malibu. The seven tunnels are identified as follows: • Malibu Canyon Road Tunnel, tunnel length = 560 feet • Kanan Road Tunnels •Tunnel ‐T1 Northbound, tunnel length = 515 feet •Tunnel ‐T1 Southbound, tunnel length = 515 feet •Tunnel ‐T2 Northbound, tunnel length = 880 feet •Tunnel ‐T2 Southbound, tunnel length = 880 feet •Tunnel ‐T3 Northbound, tunnel length = 320 feet • Tunnel -T3 Southbound, tunnel length = 390 feet The tunnels were constructed between 1952 and 1983 with a combination of steel and gunited linings and provide a vital link between the City of Malibu and the City of Agoura Hills. The Average Daily Traffic (ADT) for the Malibu Tunnel, Kanan Road T1, T2 & T3 are […]

January 26, 2015
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Imperial Highway over North Fork Coyote Creek Bridge Barrier Replacement Project

The Imperial Highway over North Fork Coyote Creek Bridge is a two-span steel girder bridge constructed in 1960. It measures 129 feet in length, 91 feet in width, and carries three lanes of traffic in each direction with a raised median. The bridge is jurisdictionally shared between Los Angeles County and the City of Santa Fe Springs. This project, which represents a collaborative effort between two agencies, included safety enhancements, pedestrian access improvements, and sustainable design features. Vehicular Safety Enhancements Imperial Highway has a posted speed limit of 45 miles per hour and an average daily traffic (ADT) of 48,000 vehicles at the bridge. The bridge was built in 1960 to the standards of that time, however, the metal hand railing along the edges of the bridge were not adequate to resist the current AASHTO recommended vehicular impact loading. As part of the project development process, a review of the […]

January 26, 2015
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Category: Nominations

Brandon Street and Green Street Project: An Investment in Sustainability

Lincoln Avenue Bridge Widening

City of San Luis Obispo PMP Project – Roadway Sealing 2014

Centennial Memorial Bridge

Pacific Street Safe Routes to School Project

Castro Streetscape Improvement Project

ARAM – Slurry Seal and Overlay Project Old Ranch Road et al

Bridge Preventive Maintenance Program (Los Angeles County)

Kanan Road T1, T2, and T3 Tunnels and Malibu Canyon Road Tunnel Lining Project

Imperial Highway over North Fork Coyote Creek Bridge Barrier Replacement Project

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