Colorado Avenue Esplanade Project Description: Realignment of Main Street Begins Things to Know:
Dear Neighbor, The first steps of realigning Main Street One of the major benefits from the Colorado Avenue Esplanade Project will to meet 2nd Street be the realignment of Main Street so that it curves to meet 2nd Street begins Monday, directly. September 14.
The key advantage of this new configuration is removing a signalized Work will temporarily intersection at Colorado Avenue and Main Street, which traffic designers block left turns from believe will move traffic more efficiently. westbound Colorado First Signs of Realignment: Avenue to southbound To start this major undertaking, the contractor will place K-rail (concrete Main Street. barriers) running north-south along Main Street beginning Monday, September 14. Once this is done, left turns from westbound Colorado Realigning Main Street Avenue to southbound Main Street will be prohibited, so allow extra time for will eliminate one your travel using Colorado Avenue. signalized intersection, making traffic flow more During the realignment of Main Street, one sidewalk from Main Street to efficient. Colorado Avenue will remain open at all times.
Project Remains on Schedule: The Colorado Avenue Esplanade project remains on schedule for a 12-month construction period.
I encourage you to contact Ned Racine, our Community Relations Manager, with questions regarding this work. Ned’s contact information is included below.
Yours sincerely,
Gene Higginbotham Colorado Avenue Esplanade Project Manager
www.smconstructs.org/esplanade + smconstructs [email protected] 310.374.7570 Coming Soon: Colorado Esplanade Beginning September 14, 2015, work to realign Main Street at Colorado Avenue will change traffic flow.
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smconstructs.org/esplanade + smconstructs [email protected] 310.374.7570 Four notes on the next phase of the Colorado Avenue Esplanade project: Beginning September 14, 2015, work to realign Main Street—so that it directly meets 2nd Street—will affect traffic. For approximately two months, left turns from westbound Colorado Avenue to southbound Main Street will be prohibited. The moving of traffic to the north side of Colorado Avenue reflects the final configuration of traffic flow between 4th Street and Ocean Avenue. The Colorado Avenue Esplanade, featuring wider side walks, bike lanes and beautiful amenities, will be complete in Spring 2016, in time for the Downtown Santa Monica Expo station opening. All businesses will remain open.
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