The City of Long Beach has completed a major street improvement project on Atlantic Avenue between 52nd Street and the city’s northern border, according to city officials.
The rehabilitation included constructing cement concrete curbs, gutters and sidewalks; replacing and overlaying asphalt concrete pavement; and furnishing and installing pavement markers, markings, and traffic striping. Existing medians were repaired, and new medians, landscaping, irrigation and stamped concrete crosswalks were installed.
A new raised median was installed between Harding Street and Aloha Drive, and existing medians between 52nd and 56th Streets and 59th Street and Harding Street were improved with new trees, landscaping and irrigation.
The street was resurfaced with asphalt containing up to 15-percent recycled material, as well as recycled rubber from old tires. One of the environmental benefits associated with this project is that an estimated 2,270 tires were recycled through the use of rubberized asphalt, according to the City.
In addition, all of the old asphalt material that was removed under this contract was recycled into new asphalt or utilized as base material on other street projects. Road base material used on the project came from recycled concrete, rock, sand, and asphalt, and all concrete work included recycled waste ash, diverting these materials from our landfills.
The $3.2-million project was funded by Proposition C and bond proceeds from the former Long Beach Redevelopment Agency.
New stormwater catch basin screens will be installed to prevent trash from entering storm drains. Plans are also being developed for a related project to repair sidewalks and install new lighting, bike racks and bus stops along Atlantic Avenue between 56th and 59th streets.
“This project not only greatly enhances an important business corridor, it was completed on time and on budget,” said Mayor Robert Garcia. “This is just one example of the great things happening in north Long Beach, and we can all be very proud of that work.”
Source: City of LB
