Del Amo Boulevard Rehabilitation
Location
From Avalon Boulevard to Central Avenue
City or County Responsible for Project
City of Carson
Category
Roads: Efficient and Sustainable Road Maintenance, Construction and Reconstruction Projects.
Author
Gilbert Marquez
City of Carson
701 E. Carson Street
310-830-7600
Project Description
The Del Amo Boulevard Rehabilitation is a 1.05-mile East-West main Arterial between Avalon Blvd. and Central Ave. It serves as the main access road to South Bay-Pavilion Mall. To encourage economic development, Del Amo Blvd.’s poorly conditioned asphalt pavement was rehabilitated. A $1,011,489.00 public investment funded the rehabilitation. The project produced new asphalt rubberized pavement surfaces, reconstructed sidewalks for Carson Circuit Bus terminal, access ramps, ADA compliant driveways, and improved pedestrian circulation. A unique aspect of the project is that it stimulated a needed revitalization of the city’s “Mall” Shopping District by transforming a formerly incongruous area into a cohesive pedestrian-friendly environment. Included among the infrastructure improvements are grinding and re-paving with sustainable rubberized asphalt finish surface along Del Amo Blvd., expanded sidewalks are repaired to provide enhanced access opportunities for pedestrians and the disabled and to reduce walking distances for pedestrians crossing the street, updated bike lanes standard, and updated the bus terminal. Through years of dedicated work, the City has transformed a 1.05-mile corridor from a blighted City-Center shopping area with limited public amenities, marked with the mid-20th-century old commercial space “Mall” buildings, into a revitalized shopping center with new developers. In the past 10 years, sustainable improvement measures such as the reconstruction of the existing center median plants with new drought-tolerant landscaping and recycled reclaimed water lines were incorporated to conserve water usage and use treated water into the landscape. Air quality improvements will occur by incorporating drought-tolerant parkway trees into the landscape planting program. The overall physical environment has improved through the development of walkable streets, shared bike lanes, accessible shopping districts, and nearby residential uses that encourage walking and reduce the need to use automobiles.
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