Repair work on crushed drainage pipes at the intersection of Delta Avenue and Wardlow Road— an area represented by Seventh District Councilmember James Johnson— started last Tuesday.
“By fixing this storm drain, this will be the last year that people are unable to safely reach their homes during the rain, the last time that kids have to cross the middle of a major boulevard to get to school because they can’t get near the sidewalk, and the last year the city has to pay $4,000 per rainstorm to pump the water out of this intersection,” Johnson said.
Delta Avenue is the only entrance to the neighborhood located north of Wardlow Road on the west side of Long Beach, which forced residents to drive on sidewalks and front yards to navigate the bottleneck. The project is expected to be completed before the end of the summer.
