CITY SEEKS WIDER AVE. S.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer PALMDALE - Looking to bridge a $2 million gap for improving the Avenue S corridor, Palmdale city officials asked Wednesday for a bigger financial commitment from county government. Palmdale plans to widen Avenue S from two to four lanes and add curbs, gutters, sidewalks and bike paths between the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. and 20th Street East. The project, which would require building two bridges For the neighborhood in New York City, see . Two Bridges is an isolated location in the heart of Dartmoor National Park, in Devon, United Kingdom. It is situated around 2. over the Union Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Railroad, transportation company chartered (1862) by Congress to build part of the nation's first transcontinental railroad line. Under terms of the Pacific Railroads Act, the Union Pacific was authorized to build a line westward from Omaha, Nebr. tracks, is estimated at $20.9 million. The city received a grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to cover $8.5 million of the construction costs and has identified funding sources for all but $2 million, said Steve Williams Steve Williams may refer to:
pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. . In the past, Palmdale officials say, county government has paid a percentage equal to the proportion of a project outside any city's boundaries but inside the county's. On that basis, county funds should cover $1.2 million of the Avenue S corridor cost, but about $700,000 less has been offered. ``This is the first time we've come on a transportation project where the county hasn't paid its share,'' Williams said. Palmdale officials pushed their case for more funding during a breakfast meeting with county Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San and some county staff members. County officials said their funding priority now is on maintenance, not on new projects, and they saw no compelling reason for a larger appropriation toward the corridor. Antonovich said a meeting would be arranged, however, for further discussion. Avenue S is a major east-west artery for the city, can become congested con·gest·ed adj. Affected with or characterized by congestion. congested ENT adjective Referring to a boggy blood-filled tissue. See Nasal congestion. during rush hours and will be handling more traffic after construction of a planned clinic and large shopping center on the city's east end. Design work for the corridor improvements is about 90 percent complete. The city will be starting to acquire property needed for the improvements. |
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