$2 MILLION EARMARKED BY COUNCIL FOR STREET REPAIRS.Byline: Helen Gao Staff Writer GLENDALE - The city will spend more than $2 million to install wheelchair ramps and resurface re·sur·face v. re·sur·faced, re·sur·fac·ing, re·sur·fac·es v.tr. To cover with a new surface: resurfacing a road; resurfaced the floor. v.intr. seven decrepit de·crep·it adj. Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use. See Synonyms at weak. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin d streets, and an additional $560,000 to widen another road. The City Council approved the expenditure Tuesday night. The streets were chosen for repair by a city computer program that tracks road conditions. ``I reviewed the streets myself. They haven't been paved for a long time - at least 20 or 30 years,'' said City Engineer Lucien J. Le Blanc Le Blanc is a commune and a sous-préfecture in the Indre département of France. Geography Le Blanc is the main city of the Parc naturel régional de la Brenne, on the banks of the Creuse River. . About $1.4 million has been provided by the state as part of the Governor's Traffic Congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. Relief Plan. The rest will come from city coffers. Because the state funding must be spent by June 30, 2002, and municipal staffers are already overwhelmed by their current workload, the city will hire Harris & Associates for $200,000 to do the engineering design and surveying work related to the project. In a separate action, the council also approved $560,000 to widen and reconstruct Justin Avenue, from San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the to Glenoaks Boulevard. Justin Avenue is only 28 feet wide and often has cars parked on both sides. Drivers have a hard time getting through. The widening project will extend the street by 4 feet on each side to the recommended width of 36 feet. New sidewalks, curbs and gutters will be constructed, as well as new trees planted and street lights installed. As a result of the widening, 26 trees will be removed, but 50 new Australian New Australian Noun Austral an Australian name for a recent immigrant, esp. one from Europe Flame trees will be planted. During street construction, Le Blanc said crews are always asked to maintain some lanes open in each direction. No construction date has been set for either project. FAST-LANE FIXES Burbank's street-repair list includes the following: --Allen Avenue, from Flower Street to Victory Boulevard Victory Boulevard is a major thoroughfare on Staten Island, measuring approximately 8.0 miles (12.87 km) and stretching from the west shore community of Travis to the upper east shore communities of St. George and Tompkinsville. . --California Avenue, from Isabel to Kenwood streets. --Louise Street, from Broadway to Wilson Avenue. --Lowell Avenue, from the Foothill Freeway ramp to Foothill Boulevard. --Montrose Avenue, from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of to Ramsdell avenues. --Orange Street, from Broadway to Lexington Drive. --Victory Boulevard, from the west to east city boundaries. CAPTION(S): box Box: FAST-LANE FIXES (See Text) |
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