During a Signal Hill City Council meeting on Tuesday, Public Works Director Thomas Bekele discussed upcoming road work that will take place as part of the citywide slurry seal project, the Spring Street gap closure project and improvements to Orange Avenue and Spring Street.
The slurry seal project will cover 850,000 feet and will cost $630,000, funded by Measure R, Measure N, Prop C and the Road and Maintenance Rehabilitation Act.
The slurry seal project began on the northwest side of the city, from Wardlow to 33rd Street, before moving to the southwest side of the city, including on Alamitos Avenue from 21st Street to Stanley Avenue., segments of St. Louis Avenue from 20th Street to south city limits and more.
Striping is expected to be added to slurry sealed areas in the northwest side of the city within the next few days.
Bekele described the slurry seal project as currently being “on time and on budget.”
The second street repair project currently taking place is the Spring Street gap closure project, which will include the installation of 19 street light poles. According to Bekele, 2,200 linear feet of conduit for the light poles have already been installed.
Bekele said that there will be a “significant impact on traffic” due to construction on Spring Street from Aug. 15 to Aug. 19 as large amounts of asphalt are removed. Two inches of asphalt will be removed from the street surface from Atlantic Avenue to Junipero Avenue, and as much as 8 inches of asphalt will be removed in certain places.
Rubberized asphalt will then be applied on Aug. 22 from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. After the asphalt settles, thermoplastic paint will be applied and striping will take place from Aug. 29 to mid September. The light poles will start being installed in mid September to early October.
According to Bekele, work will be completed in the exterior lanes before moving to the interior lanes, keeping the streets open to traffic throughout construction.
Bekele also spoke about the Orange Avenue and Spring Street improvement project, which will install over 17 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) complaint ramps and replace over 3,000 feet of gutters, sidewalks and curbs. This project is funded by the Active Transportation Program (ATP), the Road and Maintenance Rehabilitation Act and Long Beach’s Measure R.
According to Bekele, most segments of Spring Street had a Pavement Condition Index score less than 65, which indicates severe cracks and water damage.
The projects are part of Signal Hill’s 2019 Pavement Management Plan, which California cities are required to create every three or five years, as decided by the city engineer and public works director. The 2022 Pavement Management Plan will be presented by Bekele at the next council meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 23.
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