Long Beach releases list of 27 streets prioritized for repaving in fiscal year 2023

The Long Beach City Council approved a list of 27 streets prioritized for repaving and resurfacing in fiscal year 2023 on Tuesday.

The street repairs will be funded by an estimated $10.7 million in Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) funds—a feature of Senate Bill 1, a law passed in 2017 that provides California cities with funds for basic road maintenance, rehabilitation and critical safety projects on local streets and roads. 

“This is a big step forward. It’s not enough,” Councilmember Stacy Mungo said. “We need to give you more money. We need more streets to be fixed.”

Cities that receive the funds are required to identify priority projects for the upcoming fiscal year. 

“These streets are some that our residents have been waiting for, some of them about five years,” said Public Works Director Eric Lopez. ‘We’re happy to get into this next set of streets and to have the money to be able to do so.”

Here are the proposed street improvement projects that will be funded with the RMRA funds:

• 5th Street (Temple to Obispo Avenues)
• Obispo Avenue (4th to 7th Streets)
• Carroll Park East (Carroll Park North to East 4th Street)
• Carroll Park East (East 3rd Street to Carroll Park North)
• Fidler Avenue (Sandwood Street to Del Amo Boulevard)
• Pearce Avenue (Arbor to Del Amo Boulevard Service Roads)
• Hersholt Avenue (Arbor Road to Del Amo Boulevard Service Road)
• Pageantry Street (Bellflower Boulevard Service to San Anseline Roads)
• Iroquois Avenue (Pageantry Street to Josie Avenue)
• Knoxville Avenue (Josie Avenue to Metz Street) 
• Nipomo Avenue (Spring to Rosebay Streets)
• Ostrom Avenue (Spring Street Service Road to Nipomo Avenue)
• Monlaco Road (Karen to Stevely Avenues
• Studebaker Road West Service Road (Keynote Street to Los Coyotes Diagonal Service Road)
• South Street (Jaymills to Atlantic Avenues) – Southside
• East 49th Street (Long Beach Boulevard to Locust Avenue)
• East Pleasant Street (Elm Avenue to East End)
• Cambridge Street (Long Beach Boulevard to White Avenue)
• East Scott Street (Long Beach Boulevard to White Avenue)
• Fenter Avenue West (Adams to West Bort Streets)
• West Barclay Street (Rahn Avenue to Long Beach Boulevard Service Road) 
• West Forhan Street (N/S Alley E/O Susana Road to Long Beach Boulevard)
• Lemon Avenue (South to 64th Streets)
• Olive Avenue (South to 61st Streets)
• South Street (De Forest to Jaymills Avenues)
• South Street (Jaymills to Atlantic Avenues) – Northside
• 64th Street (Linden to Atlantic Avenues) 

Multiple council members asked about the status of Studebaker Road, a major arterial street in Long Beach.

“My favorite quote as the chair of the Port Transportation and Infrastructure Committee was […] ‘What’s a girl gotta do to get Studebaker paved around here?’” Councilmember Suzie Price said. 

Lopez said that Public Works is currently in the design phase, adding that his department is working “diligently” to secure more funds for the project—the City has already secured an $8 million grant from Metro for the street. He said the design is about 60% completed, making it “very competitive” for additional funds.