The Ocean Park Boulevard Complete Green Street project is almost finished!
The Ocean Park Boulevard Green Street project runs from Neilson Way to Lincoln Blvd., and includes a range of improvements designed to result in a better performing, enhanced streetscape environment that is pedestrian- and bicycle-oriented, attractive, green, and provides several environmental benefits, such as capturing and preventing significant volumes of urban run-off from entering the Santa Monica Bay.
This project is the result of many years of planning and collaboration between community members, City staff, and other local stakeholders. The end result will benefit of the Ocean Park neighborhood and the entire Santa Monica community as a model of sustainability, multi-modality and low-impact street design.
Some key project elements include:
- Wider sidewalks.
- Parkway/storm water biofilter swales and infiltration areas, and a drip irrigation system.
- Over 100 new trees, new landscaping, and medians.
- New marked crosswalks with enhanced overhead flashing beacons.
- More visible, painted bike lands and traffic striping, and new bike racks.
- Street furniture, trash and recycling cans, and 75 pedestrian-scaled light poles.
- Traffic signal improvements.
- Los Amigos Park storm drain improvements.
Ocean Park Blvd. was kept open during construction.
The Complete Green Street was funded by Measure V, Prop 18, Prop C and the City of Santa Monica.
Construction started in December 2011, and should be completed by the end of the month..
Photo by FabianLewkowicz.com on Thursday, January 10, 2013
